The Blues Brothers
Film
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown and others.
Crew & production
- Director
- John Landis
- Screenwriters
- Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
- Producers
- Bernie Brillstein, George Folsey Jr., Robert K. Weiss
- Director of photography
- Stephen M. Katz
- Composer
- Ira Newborn
- Editor
- George Folsey Jr.
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Original language
- English
- Filming locations
- Chicago
- Budget
- $270,000
- Box office
- $115 million (worldwide)
Trailer
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Top cast
32 peopleJohn Belushi
Dan Aykroyd
James Brown
Cab Calloway
Ray Charles
Aretha Franklin
Matt Murphy
Steve Cropper
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Murphy Dunne
Willie Hall
Tom Malone
More cast
- Lou Marini
- Alan Rubin
- Carrie Fisher
- Henry Gibson
- John Candy
- Kathleen Freeman
- Steve Lawrence
- Twiggy
- Jeff Morris
- Charles Napier
- John Lee Hooker
- Frank Oz
- John Landis
- Steven Spielberg
- Joe Walsh
- Sheilah Wells
- Paul Reubens
- Ben Piazza
- James Avery
- Raven De La Croix
Sources
- Wikidata (Q109767), accessed October 2026
- Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile
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