Syndicate Boys is a 1975 coming of age American Drama written by George Lucas and directed by John Huston It stars a 13 year old Brad Pitt and a 10 year old Robert Downey Jr and a remaining cast of Shirley Maclaine as Lilian Daynburry (whom garnered an Academy Nomination for her role in the film as the character Tommy Daynburry's mother when he was 12 years old.), Barbara Eden as Jeanine Carpenter, Sydney Pollock as Peter Daynburry, George Segal as Joseph Carpenter, George Chakiris as the older 30 year old Tommy Daynburry, Bill Bixby as the 30 year old Tommy's bestfriend businessman Clark Robbins, Tina Louise as Helena Daynburry Tommy's interfering wife and Jean Marsh as Constance Iter Helena's bestfriend.