Movie
Cadillac Records
Overview
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-12-05
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Parkwood Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess
- Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters
- Gabrielle Union as Geneva Wade
- Columbus Short as Little Walter
- Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon
- Emmanuelle Chriqui as Revetta Chess
- Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf
- Tammy Blanchard as Isabelle Allen
- Eric Bogosian as Alan Freed
- Norman Reedus as Chess Engineer
- Yasiin Bey as Chuck Berry
- Beyoncé as Etta James
Crew
- Darnell Martin - Director
- Darnell Martin - Writer
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