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About
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
Theatrical
Mar 14, 1986
Box Office
$5.7M
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 10, 2004
Director
Writer
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Music
Studio
Columbia Pictures
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Quotes
See all →Confrontation at the Crossroads
Scratch
You looking for me, Willie Brown? Been a long time, hasn't it, Willie? You about 17 last time we saw each other. One night on this old crossroad, wasn't it?
Willie Brown
I come to see you, tell you the deal is off. Now, you slipped up on your end of things. I didn't end up where I wanted. I didn't end up with nothing, didn't get nothing!
Scratch
You got what you was supposed to get, bluesman! Ain't nothing ever as good as we want it to be! But that ain't no reason to break a deal.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Challenging Assumptions About Knowledge and Learning
Willie Brown
You got your mind made up about how everything works, don't you? How you gonna learn anything new when you know everything already?
Willie Brown
Look at this old guitar you been squeaking on. I bet you saw this thing in a music store and bought it just because you thought it was beat up. Well, you got it all wrong. Muddy Waters invented electricity!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →R
Ralph Macchio
Eugene Martone
J
Joe Seneca
Willie Brown
J
Jami Gertz
Frances
J
Joe Morton
Scratch's Assistant
S
Steve Vai
Jack Butler
T
Tim Russ
Robert Johnson
D
Dennis Lipscomb
Lloyd
H
Harry Carey Jr.
Bartender
W
Wally Taylor
O.Z.
A
Allan Arbus
Dr. Santis
E
Edward Walsh
Harley Terhune
J
John Hancock
Sheriff Tilford
A
Allan Graf
Alvin
A
Al Fann
Pawnbroker
G
Guy Killum
Willie at 17
G
Gretchen Palmer
Beautiful Girl / Dancer
A
Akosua Busia
Woman at Boardinghouse
R
Royce Wallace
Hotel Proprietor
J
J.W. Smith
Man at Auto Wrecking Yard
D
Diana Bellamy
Hospital Supervisor
