Movie
The Blues Brothers
Overview
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-06-16
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Music, Comedy, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Belushi as 'Joliet' Jake Blues
- Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues
- James Brown as Cleophus James
- Cab Calloway as Curtis
- Ray Charles as Ray
- Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy
- Steve Cropper as Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
- Donald 'Duck' Dunn as Donald 'Duck' Dunn
- Murphy Dunne as Murphy 'Murph' Dunne
- Willie Hall as Willie 'Too Big' Hall
- Tom Malone as "Bones" Malone
- Lou Marini as 'Blue Lou' Marini
Crew
- John Landis - Director
- Dan Aykroyd - Writer
- John Landis - Writer
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