Direct out of jail, Jake Blues and his Brother Elwood are off on a “mission from god” to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best: play music.
John Belushi
as 'Joliet' Jake Blues (as Jake)
James Brown
as Reverend 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
John Candy
as Burton Mercer
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Review of The Blues Brothers · 1980
The Blues Brothers is a movie that makes no sense on paper. Two guys need to raise money to pay property tax for an orphanage (which pays no property tax), so they get their former band back together, but in the process attract a bunch of haters that have nothing better to do than track them down
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