Eugene Martone
Ralph Macchio
Eugene Martone

“Where second best never gets a second chance.”
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
Crossroads 1986 trailer
Eugene Martone
Ralph Macchio
Eugene Martone
Willie Brown
Joe Seneca
Willie Brown
Frances
Jami Gertz
Frances
Scratch's Assistant
Joe Morton
Scratch's Assistant
Scratch
Robert Judd
Scratch
Jack Butler
Steve Vai
Jack Butler
Robert Johnson
Tim Russ
Robert Johnson
Lloyd
Dennis Lipscomb
Lloyd
Bartender
Harry Carey, Jr.
Bartender
O.Z.
Wally Taylor
O.Z.
Dr. Santis
Allan Arbus
Dr. Santis
Harley Terhune
Edward Walsh
Harley Terhune
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 that kind of thing, it's a movie you'll appreciate, you'll probably even like. But if you're a pure pop guy... it's probably not your thing, but watch it anyways, because you wouldn't even have pop without what this is paying tribute to.
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