The Blues Brothers

Name: The Blues Brothers
Genre: Music, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1980-06-16
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 7.714

★ 7,7 /10 (4,630 Votes)

1980 EN 133 min

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.

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Release date

16/06/1980

Votes

4,630

Popularity

9.1

They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God.

Genres

Music Comedy Crime

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

133 min

Budget

$27,000,000

Revenue

$115,229,890

John Belushi

'Joliet' Jake Blues

Dan Aykroyd

Elwood Blues

James Brown

Cleophus James

Cab Calloway

Curtis

Ray Charles

Ray

Aretha Franklin

Mrs. Murphy

Steve Cropper

Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper

Donald 'Duck' Dunn

Murphy Dunne

Murphy 'Murph' Dunne

Willie Hall

Willie 'Too Big' Hall

Tom Malone

"Bones" Malone

Lou Marini

'Blue Lou' Marini

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Matt Murphy

Matt 'Guitar' Murphy

Alan Rubin

Mr. Fabulous

Carrie Fisher

Mystery Woman

Henry Gibson

Head Nazi

John Candy

Burton Mercer

Kathleen Freeman

Sister Mary Stigmata

John Lee Hooker

Street Slim

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Tom Erhart

Prison Guard

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Gerald Walling

Prison Guard

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Walter Levine

Prison Guard

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Alonzo Atkins

Choirmaster

Chaka Khan

Choir Soloist

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Armand Cerami

Trooper Daniel

Steven Williams

Trooper Mount

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Kristi Oleson

Sales Girl

Gary McLarty

Man in Toy Store

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Joe Cuttone

Lloyd

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Layne Britton

The Cheese Whiz

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Toni Fleming

Mrs. Tarantino

Sheilah Wells

Claire

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Rosie Shuster

Cocktail Waitress

Judith Belushi-Pisano

Cocktail Waitress

Lou Perryman

Man at Bar

Paul Reubens

Waiter

Ben Piazza

Father

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Gwen Banta

Mother

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Lari Taylor

Daughter #1

Cindy Fisher

Daughter #2

Elizabeth Hoy

Daughter #3

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Tony M. Conde

Sommelier

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Eugene J. Anthony

Gruppenführer

Dean Hill

Nazi

Jack Orend

Nazi

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Gene Schuldt

Nazi

Gary Houston

Nazi

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Charles Mountain

Cop

Frank Oz

Corrections Officer

John Landis

Trooper La Fong

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Elmore James

Choir

Stephen Bishop

Charming Trooper

Charles Napier

Tucker McElroy

Steven Spielberg

Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk

Curt Clendenin

Orphan

Twiggy

Chic Lady

Steve Lawrence

Maury Sline

De'voreaux White

Young Guitar Thief

Jeff Morris

Bob

Mr. T

Guy on Street

James Avery

Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop

Raven De La Croix

Woman in Concert Crowd

Leoda Richards

Restaurant Patron

Norman Matlock

Police Commissioner

S.D. Nemeth

Inmate

Carolyn Franklin

Soul Food Chorus

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Jack Callahan

The Good Old Boys

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George Sasaki

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Ralph Foody

Police Dispatcher

Joe Walsh

Prisoner

Rick Danko

Prisoner (Uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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'We're on a mission from God.' — "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues (Laughs) ... What a magnificent work of motion picture art The Blues Brothers is! This fun-filled musical is truly a must-see. The screenplay was co-written by Saturday Night Live alum Dan Aykroyd, whom, by the way also stars in the effort as Elwood Blues, one half of the Chicago-based R&B/Blues band, The Blues Brothers. Native Chicagoan and Aykroyd's fellow SNL grad, John Belushi (The late, great), also stars in this zany opus as "Joliet" Jake, Elwood's biological other half. And with an all-star supporting cast that inclu…

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OK, the title here is probably disingenuous. I live in Chicago, a city that doesn't allow you residence unless it can confirm that you love "The Blues Brothers" and "The Untouchables." So this review is coming with a fair amount of cultural bias out the door. So I'm just going to drop the honest part right now and tell you flatly that this is bias. It's likely the most bias review that you'll probably ever read. Franklin singing in a famous Maxwell street diner (now defunct) but still, that's pretty Chicago right there. And, of course, if you've ever lived by the L you get the joke about…

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**Remarkable.** John Landis was inspired when he decided to direct a film like this one. In addition to bringing us the excellent music that integrates the soundtrack, it brings us high doses of very good humor and a captivating, intelligent and well-written story, based on the desire of two brothers to reunite their former R&B band, dissolved after them getting into trouble with the police, and using music to raise the money needed to maintain the Catholic orphanage where they grew up. It's a plot that seems subscribed, but considering that it's a comic and quite unpretentious film, it see…

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