Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tom Berenger | ... | Frank Ridgeway | |
Michael Paré | ... | Eddie Wilson | |
Joe Pantoliano | ... | Doc Robbins | |
Matthew Laurance | ... | Sal Amato | |
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Helen Schneider | ... | Joann Carlino |
David Wilson | ... | Kenny Hopkins | |
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Michael 'Tunes' Antunes | ... | Wendell Newton |
Ellen Barkin | ... | Maggie Foley | |
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Kenny Vance | ... | Lew Eisen |
John Stockwell | ... | Keith Livingston | |
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Joe Cates | ... | Lois |
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Barry Sand | ... | Barry Siegel |
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Vebe Borge | ... | Gerry Rivers |
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Howard Johnson | ... | Wendell's Replacement |
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Joey Balin | ... | Eddie's Replacement |
They say rock 'n' roll never dies, but one early morning in 1964, Eddie Wilson's car took a dive off a New Jersey bridge with the troubled rock idol at the wheel. His body was never found. Twenty years after the lead singer of Eddie and the Cruisers disappeared, the band's songs are hotter than ever. And renewed interest in the band leads television reporter Maggie Foley to pursue a tantalizing mystery: What if Eddie is still alive? The circumstances surrounding his death are just shadowy enough to make it a distinct possibility, and someone (could it be Eddie?) has been ransacking the homes of the surviving band members in a desperate search for tapes of the group's visionary, never-released album. As Maggie interviews the former band members, the pieces of the puzzle start to fit - but only until still deeper mysteries begin to surface. Written by MGM/UA Home Video
I saw this movie when my family first got cable television. I watched it once, then twice, then the next thing I know I had watched it about 30 times. The story is well told through flashbacks and current events. the casting is good. Michael Pare is Eddie Wilson. Every time I have seen him since, that's the first thing I think about. Tom Berenger is also very good. His character starts out as naive and innocent and then begins to grow as we grow with him. This movie is totally addictive.