John Landis · 1980 · road

Paroled from Joliet prison, Jake and Elwood Blues set out on a mission from God to save the Catholic orphanage where they grew up, reuniting their R&B band and raising the money with one last gig, pursued by police, Nazis and a country band across Illinois in the battered Bluesmobile.

1. 1
   Joliet

   Jake Blues walks out of Joliet prison into his brother Elwood's beat-up ex-police Bluesmobile, and a mission from God.

2. 2
   Chicago

   At the orphanage and a store-front church the brothers get the calling and start rounding up their scattered rhythm-and-blues band.

3. 3
   Kokomo

   Desperate for a gig, they bluff their way onto the stage at Bob's Country Bunker, surviving a bottle-throwing crowd and enraging the Good Ole Boys.

4. 4
   Palace Hotel Ballroom

   A hundred miles north they pack out the Palace Hotel Ballroom for the big show, then slip away with the cash as police, Nazis and country singers converge.

5. 5
   Chicago

   In a city-wrecking chase they race the Bluesmobile back to the Cook County Assessor at the Daley Center, paying the orphanage's tax with seconds to spare.