The Blues Brothers (1980)
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Expanding on their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blues, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman). Said mission is to raise $5000 to save an orphanage. In the course of their zany adventures, the Blues Brothers run afoul of neo-Nazi Henry Gibson, perform the theme from Rawhide before the most unruly bar crowd in written history, and lay waste to hundreds of cars on the streets and freeways of Chicago. In case you aren't swept up in the infectuous nuttiness of the brothers Blue, you might have fun spotting film's legion of guest stars, including James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman), Frank Oz, and Steven Spielberg. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 281 mins
Complete Cast:
- John Belushi - Joliet Jake
- James Brown - Rev. Cleophus James
- Ray Charles - Ray
- Cab Calloway - Curtis
- Henry Gibson - Nazi Leader
- Murphy Dunne - Murph
- Donald "Duck" Dunn - Himself
- Tom Malone - "Bones" Malone
- Kathleen Freeman - Sister Mary Stigmata
- Charles Napier - Tucker McElroy
- Sean Hayden - Orphan
- Jack Orend - Nazi
- Joe Cirillo - Police Captain
- Blair Burrows - Good Ole Boy
- Joe Walsh - Prisoner
- Stan Mazin - Drunk Dancer
- Andrew Goodman - Lobby Guard #2
- Toni Fleming - Mrs. Tarantino
- Jack Callahan - Good Ole Boy
- Paul Reubens - Waiter
- John Landis - Trooper La Fong
- Dean Hill - Nazi
- De'Voreaux White - Young Guitar Thief
- Lou Perry - Man at Bar
- Norman Matlock - Police Commissioner
- Steve Lawrence - Maury Sline
- Dan Aykroyd - Elwood
- John Candy - Burton Mercer
- Carrie Fisher - Mystery Woman
- Aretha Franklin - Soul Food Cafe Owner
- John Lee Hooker - Street Slim
- Steve Cropper - Steve "The Colonel" Cropper
- Willie "Too Big" Hall - Himself
- Frank Oz - Corrections Officer
- Steven Williams - Trooper Mount
- Twiggy - Chic Lady
- Lou Marini - "Blue" Lou Marini
- Ben Piazza - Father
- Matt Murphy - Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Walter Horton - Tampa Pete
- Rosie Schuster - Cocktail Waitress
- Elizabeth Hoy - Daughter #3
- Ralph Foody - Police Dispatcher
- Cindy Fisher - Daughter #2
- Shotgun Britton - The Cheese Whiz
- Gary McLarty - Man in Toy Store
- Chaka Khan - Choir Soloist
- Stephen Bishop - Charming Trooper
- John Ring - Fire Commissioner
- Jeff Morris - Bob
- Gary Houston - Nazi
- Director(s):
- John Landis
- Writer(s):
- John Landis, Dan Aykroyd
- Producer(s):
- Robert Weiss
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