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The Blues Brothers
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.
1980 · Directed by John Landis · 133 min · Music · Comedy · Crime · 22 frames
Tagline
They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God.
Crew
- Written by: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
- Cinematography: Stephen M. Katz
- Edited by: George Folsey Jr.
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Production design: John J. Lloyd
- Produced by: Robert K. Weiss
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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures
- Budget: $27,000,000
- Box office: $115,229,890
- Themes: prison, chicago, illinois, dancing, concert, country music, nazi, jazz, nun, music instrument, blues
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