Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
When riding up the elevator at the courthouse, near the end of the movie, to the eleventh floor, the camera shows the buttons. They go eleven then thirteen, whereas many buildings do not have a thirteenth floor.
The music in the elevator "The girl from Ipanema" also appears in The Nice Guys lift scene.
Director
John Landis
Writers
Dan Aykroyd
John Landis
Cast
John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd as Elwood J. Blues
James Brown as the Reverend Cleophus James
Cab Calloway as Curtis
Ray Charles as Ray
Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy
Steve "The Colonel" Cropper – lead guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar
Murphy Dunne ("Murph") – keyboards
Willie "Too Big" Hall – drums
Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone
"Blue Lou" Marini – saxophone
Matt "Guitar" Murphy – lead guitar
"Mr. Fabulous" Alan Rubin – trumpet
Carrie Fisher as the Mystery Woman
Henry Gibson as the Gruppenführer
John Candy as Burton Mercer
John Lee Hooker as Street Slim
Kathleen Freeman as Sister Mary Stigmata
Steve Lawrence as Maury Sline
Twiggy as the Chic Lady
Frank Oz as a corrections officer
Jeff Morris as Bob
Charles Napier as Tucker McElroy
Steven Spielberg as the Cook County Assessor
Stephen Bishop as Charming Trooper
Steven Williams as Trooper Mount
Armand Cerami as Trooper Daniel
Joe Walsh as Prison Inmate
Ben Piazza as Father
Cindy Fisher as Daughter #2
Paul Reubens as Waiter
Rosie Shuster as Cocktail Waitress
Chaka Khan as Choir Soloist
Gary McLarty as Toys "R" Us Customer
Layne Britton as The Cheese Whiz
Pinetop Perkins as Luther Jackson
Mr. T as Guy On Street (Uncredited)
Carolyn Franklin as Soul Food Chorus #1
De'voreaux White as Young Guitar Thief
James Avery as Detective Avery
Lou Perryman as Man At Bar
Luis Contreras as Bob's Country Bunker Patron #1
Raven De La Croix as Woman In Concert Crowd
Ralph Foody as Police Dispatcher
Leonard R. Garner Jr. as Lobby Guard #1
