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Streets of Fire

Name: Streets of Fire
Genre: Action
Released: 1984-06-01
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.891

★ 6,9 /10 (563 Votes)

1984 EN 93 min

Overview

Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.

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Release date

01/06/1984

Votes

563

Popularity

4.1

Tonight is what it means to be young.

Genres

Action

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

93 min

Budget

$14,500,000

Revenue

$8,089,290

Michael Paré

Tom Cody

Diane Lane

Ellen Aim

Rick Moranis

Billy Fish

Amy Madigan

McCoy

Willem Dafoe

Raven Shaddock

Bill Paxton

Clyde the Bartender

Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Reva Cody

Richard Lawson

Officer Ed Price

Grand L. Bush

The Sorels - Reggie

Rick Rossovich

Officer Cooley

Lee Ving

Greer

Stoney Jackson

The Sorels - Bird

Robert Townsend

The Sorels - Lester

Mykelti Williamson

The Sorels - B.J.

E. G. Daily

Baby Doll

Lynne Thigpen

Subway Motorwoman

Marine Jahan

'Torchie's' Dancer

Ed Begley Jr.

Ben Gunn

John Dennis Johnston

Pete the Mechanic

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Harry Beer

Squirt

Olivia Brown

Addie

Kip Waldo

Waldo

Peter Jason

Ardmore Cop Harry

Matthew Laurance

Ardmore Cop #2

Tamu Blackwell

Richmond Citizen

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Ric Moreno

Richmond Citizen

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Antonie Becker

Richmond Citizen

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Vicki Lovine

Bar Patron

John Hateley

Poker Player

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Rock A. Walker

Poker Player

Paul Mones

The Roadmasters

Vince Deadrick Jr.

The Roadmasters

Paul M. Lane

The Roadmasters

Bernie Pock

The Roadmasters

Spiro Razatos

The Roadmasters

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Jeff Smolek

The Roadmasters

Lee Allen

The Blasters

Dave Alvin

The Blasters

Philip Alvin

The Blasters

William Bateman

The Blasters

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Molly Hansen

Concertgoer (uncredited)

Kathy Griffin

Concertgoer (uncredited)

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Tom Waters

Concertgoer (uncredited)

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David LeBell

Richmond Citizen (uncredited)

Chuck Zito

Bombers Gang Member (uncredited)

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Bombers, Blasters, Attackers and Streets of Fire. Streets of Fire is directed by Walter Hill who also co-writes the screenplay with Larry Gross. It stars Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan and Willem Dafoe. Music is scored by Ry Cooder and cinematography is by Andrew Laszlo. When the lead singer of Ellen Aim and the Attackers is kidnapped by biker gang The Bombers, her ex-soldier of fortune boyfriend is contacted and hired to go get her back... There were a couple of movies released in 1984 by maverick directors that were frowned upon at the time, but are now signific…

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Streets of Fire is like a feature-length Jim Steinman music video (admittedly not that big of a stretch), which makes all the sense in the world considering the singer/songwriter's cinematic bent. Steinman penned the opening and closing songs (one of which is the anthem “Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young”), while the score is a Ry Cooder leftover from another movie (and you could certainly do a lot worse than that). To no one’s surprise, the music is by far the best thing about the film (making me wish it was a musical proper). The film opens with Ellen Aim and the Attackers in concert p…

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