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Crossroads

Drama · Music

Crossroads

Where second best never gets a second chance.

7.3(483) 3/14/1986 1h 39m
DramaMusicRomance

A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

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Top Cast

Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio

Eugene Martone

Joe Seneca

Joe Seneca

Willie Brown

Jami Gertz

Jami Gertz

Frances

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Scratch's Assistant

Robert Judd

Robert Judd

Scratch

Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Jack Butler

Tim Russ

Tim Russ

Robert Johnson

Dennis Lipscomb

Dennis Lipscomb

Lloyd

Directed by

Walter Hill

Production

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GenerationofSwine

10/10

1/12/2023

Yeah, who doesn't love Robert Johnson, right? OK, well that's not true, I have friends that are Beatles fans... and the thing about them is that they are pure, unadulterated, pop. And the Stones play the blues. Cream plays the blues, Grand Funk, CCR, even Pearl Jam from time to time. The people that don't like Robert Johnson are pure pop fans. Everyone else listens to the blues. That is what this is, it's a love letter to the blues via the Robert Johnson crossroads legend, the traveling hobo bluesmen of the 1930s, it's a thank you to people like WC Handy and everyone that goes down to Memphis and works their way south just to see where it all started. But, for the pure pop fans, it's just the Karate Kid with a guitar and the kindly instructor with a harmonica. If you're into th

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