The Blues Brothers (1980)

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R | 2 hr 13 mins | Action, Comedy, Musical | Released: 6/20/1980

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Synopsis:

Jake and Elwood Blues endeavor to raise $5,000 for their childhood parrish by putting their old band back together uand taking their show on the road. While touring, they manage to wreak havoc on the entire city of Chicago and much of the midwest.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/20/1980

Studio	Credit
Universal	Studio
Director	Credit
John Landis	Director
Cast	Credit
John Belushi	"Joliet" Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd	Elwood Blues
Kathleen Freeman	Sister Mary Stigmata
James Brown	Reverend Cleophus James
Henry Gibson	Head Nazi
Armand Cerami	Trooper Daniel
Steve Williams	Trooper Mount
Stephen Bishop	Charming Trooper
John Landis	Trooper La Fong
Frank Oz	Corrections Officer
Cab Calloway	Curtis
Alonzo Atkins	Choirmaster
Kirsten Olesen	Sales Girl
Gary McLarty	Man in Toy Store
Carrie Fisher	Mystery Woman
Joe Cuttone	Lloyd
Shotgun Britton	Cheese Whiz
John Candy	Burton Mercer
Toni Fleming	Mrs Tarantino
Murphy Dunne	Murph
Steve Cropper	Steve "The Colonel" Cropper
Donald Dunn ('Duck')	Himself
Willie Hall	Willie "Too Big" Hall
Tom Malone	"Bones" Malone
Judy Jacklin	Cocktail Waitress
Rosie Schuster	Cocktail Waitress
Alan Rubin	Mr Fabulous
Pee-wee Herman	Waiter
Ben Piazza	Father
Gwen Banta	Mother
Lari Taylor	1st Daughter
Cindy Fisher	2nd Daughter
Elizabeth Hoy	3rd Daughter
Tony M Conde	Sommelier
Eugene J Anthony	Gruppenfeuhrer
Dean Hill	Nazi
Gary Houston	Nazi
Jack Orend	Nazi
Gene Schuldt	Nazi
Charles Mountain	Cop
Tom Erhart	Prison Guard
Gerald Walling S J	Prison Guard
Walter Levine	Prison Guard
Aretha Franklin	Soul Food Cafe Owner
Lou Marini	"Blue" Lou Marini
Matt Murphy	Matt "Guitar" Murphy
Brenda Bryant Corbett	Soul Food Chorus Member
Carolyn Franklin	Soul Food Chorus Member
Margaret Branch	Soul Food Chorus Member
Ray Charles	Ray
DeVoreaux White	Young Guitar Thief
Sheilah Wells	Claire
Jeff Morris	Bob
Lou Perry	Man at Bar
Stan Mazin	Drunk Dancer
Charles Napier	Tucker McElroy
Steve Lawrence	Maury Sline
Russ Bruzek	Good Ole Boy
Blair Burrows	Good Ole Boy
Jack Callahan	Good Ole Boy
Gene Janson	Good Ole Boy
Gil Pearson	Good Ole Boy
Aaron Jais	Orphan
Lemetrius Daniels	Orphan
Jeff Cahill	Orphan
Curt Clendenin	Orphan
Steve Cruz	Orphan
Leonard Daniels	Orphan
Sean Hayden	Orphan
Babatunde Myers	Orphan
Gary Patzik	Orphan
J Bernard Walton	Orphan
Butch Williams	Orphan
Wally Engelhardt	Gas Station Owner
Leslie Hornsby	Chic Lady
Michael Klenfner	Clarion Records' President
Ralph Foody	Police Dispatcher
Lenny Garner	1st Lobby Guard
Andrew Goodman	2nd Lobby Guard
Eddy Donno	SWAT Team Commander
Steven Spielberg	Cook County Clerk
Joe Walsh	Prisoner
Shirley Levine	Woman on Cutting Room Floor
James Cleveland's Southern California Community Choir	Choir
Chaka Khan	Choir Soloist
John Lee Hooker	Street Slim--Maxwell Street Musician
Walter Horton	Tampa Pete--Maxwell Street Musician
Joe Perkins ('Pinetop')	Luther Jackson--Maxwell Street Musician
Willie Smith ('Big Eyes')	Drums--Maxwell Street Musician
Luther Johnson ('Guitar Jr')	Guitar--Maxwell Street Musician
Calvin Jones ('Fuzz')	Bassist--Maxwell Street Musician
Production Credits	Credit
George Folsey Jr	Associate Producer
Robert K Weiss	Producer
Bernie Brillstein	Executive Producer
David Sosna	Associate Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
MCA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
CIC Productions	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Danville, Illinois, USA
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Writer	Credit
Dan Aykroyd	Screenplay
John Landis	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Hal Gausman	Set Decorator
Henry Larrecq	Art Director - art direction
John J Lloyd	Production Designer
Syd Dutton	Art Assistant - matte artist assistant
Leslie Frankenheimer	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Michael Chinich	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Stephen M Katz	Director of Photography
Steve Yaconelli	Camera Operator
David Lawrence Butler	Photography - aerial photography
Dan Brewer	Video
Michael A Benson	Camera Operator
Rick Holley	Photography - aerial photography
David Jones	Photography - aerial photography
William Birch	Camera Operator
John Dustin	Camera Operator
Fred Ligman	Photography - aerial photography
David B Nowell	Photography - aerial photography
Mark Pearson	Photography - aerial photography
Kent Ryan	Photography - aerial photography
Gary Small	Photography - aerial photography
David Wolf	Photography - aerial photography
Peter Sorel	Photography - stills
Melinda Wickham	Photography - stills
Music	Credit
Sam Cooke	Song
Elmer Bernstein	Music
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra	Music Performer
Sam and Dave	Song Performer
Isaac Hayes	Song
Ira Newborn	Music - music director
Elmore James	Song Performer
John Lee Hooker	Song Performer
David Porter	Song
Richard Wagner	Music
Kitty Wells	Song Performer
Elmore James	Song
Ezio Pinza	Song Performer
Bernard Besman	Song
John Lee Hooker	Song
Fats Domino	Song Performer
Cab Calloway	Song Performer
Hank Williams Sr	Song
Rose	Song
Louis Jordan	Song Performer
Tito Manio	Song
Salve D'Esposito	Song
Dave Bartholomew	Song
Fats Domino	Song
Irving Mills	Song
Clarence Gaskill	Song
Cab Calloway	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Gary McLarty	Stunt Coordinator
Gary McLarty	Stunts
Karl Wickman	Stunts
Eddy Donno	Stunts
Thomas J Huff	Stunts
Mickey Gilbert	Stunts
Bud Ekins	Stunts
J N Roberts	Stunts
Bennie E Moore Jr	Stunts
Kitty O'Neil	Stunts
Dick Ziker	Stunts
James E Allard	Stunts
John Ashby	Stunts
Bobby Bass	Stunts
Pamela Bebermeyer	Stunts
Ray Bickel	Stunts
Clay Boss	Stunts
May Boss	Stunts
Steve Boyum	Stunts
Freddie Hice	Stunts
Johnny Hock	Stunts
Chuck Hollum	Stunts
Dean Jeffries	Stunts
Harold Jones	Stunts
Walt LaRue	Stunts
Terry Leonard	Stunts
Stevie Myers	Stunts
Alan Oliney	Stunts
Brad Orrison	Stunts
Mark Orrison	Stunts
Victor Paul	Stunts
David Perna	Stunts
Charlie Picerni	Stunts
Lee Pulford	Stunts
R A Rondell	Stunts
Wally Rose	Stunts
Janet Brady	Stunts
Layne Britton	Stunts
Jophery Brown	Stunts
Blair Burrows	Stunts
Greg Brickman	Stunts
Gil Combs	Stunts
Bill Couch	Stunts
Jean Coulter	Stunts
Carol Daniels	Stunts
Jadie David	Stunts
Donna Ekins	Stunts
Kenny Endoso	Stunts
Gary Epper	Stunts
Jeannie Epper	Stunts
Richard Epper	Stunts
Stephanie Epper	Stunts
Lenny Gear	Stunts
Jim Halty	Stunts
Tanya Russell	Stunts
Sharon Schaffer	Stunts
Bill Sherman	Stunts
Jan Michael Shultz	Stunts
John Sistrunk	Stunts
Peter Stader	Stunts
Tom Steele	Stunts
Joe Stone	Stunts
Bob Terhune	Stunts
Sammy Thurman	Stunts
Casey Van Horn	Stunts
Bud Walls	Stunts
John Ethan Wayne	Stunts
Karen Werner	Stunts
Brian Whitley	Stunts
Walter Wyatt	Stunts
Jonathan Yarborough	Stunts
Chuck Hayward	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Robert Latham Brown	Unit Production Manager
Katherine Wooten	Script Supervisor
David Sosna	Assistant Director
Marty Fraser	Location Manager
Frank Roy	Production Supervisor
Tom Joyner	Unit Production Manager
Bob Tischler	Production Supervisor
Jerram A Swartz	Assistant Director
Marla Cohen	Location Manager
Danae Walczak	Location Manager
Leonard R Garner Jr	Assistant Director
Julie Chandler	Location Manager
Randy B Carter	Assistant Director
Richard Espinoza	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Saul Kahan	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
William B Kaplan	Sound - sound recording mixer
John Stacy	Sound Effects Editor
Robert Knudson	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Don MacDougall	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Robert W Glass Jr	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Stinky Levitsky	Titles - title design
Albert Whitlock	Special Effects - special visual effects
Bill Taylor	Matte Painter - matte artist
Roger Hansen	Special Effects
Art Brewer	Special Effects
Karl Miller	Special Effects - special effects crew
James S Rollins	Special Effects - special effects crew
Leo Solis	Special Effects - special effects crew
Bob Worthington	Special Effects - special effects crew
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Julia Walker	Hair - hairstyles
Shotgun Britton	Makeup
Ervin W Rose	Costumes
Deborah Nadoolman	Costume Designer
Ron Smith	Hair - hairstyles
Hugo Pena	Costumes
Sue Dugan	Costumes

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