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    Streets of Fire (1984)

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    Billed as a “rock ‘n’ roll fable”, Walter Hill’s enjoyably offbeat movie – although a box office flop – jabs the right buttons to qualify as a cult favourite.

    The plot sees tough ex-soldier Tom Cody (Michael Paré) return home to rescue his rockstar ex-girlfriend Ellen Aim (Diane Lane) from the clutches of a motorcycle gang called The Bombers, led by the menacing Raven (Willem Dafoe).

    Cue fisticuffs and fireworks as Tom, aided by a tough-talking female sidekick (Amy Madigan), hikes over to the bad part of town and unlocks Ellen from the bed to which she’s been handcuffed and begins a showdown.

    Riffing on Westerns, musicals, 50s aesthetics and 80s buddy movie conventions, it’s a highly stylised brew that delivers a hot blast of escapism.

    Streets of Fire is fast and loud, with music from Ry Cooder and Jim Steinman.

    Tom Cody
    Michael Paré
    Ellen Aim
    Diane Lane
    Laurie Sargent (singing voice)
    Billy Fish
    Rick Moranis
    McCoy
    Amy Madigan
    Raven Shaddock
    Willem Dafoe
    Reva Cody
    Deborah Van Valkenburgh
    Officer Ed Price
    Richard Lawson
    Officer Cooley
    Rick Rossovich
    Clyde the Bartender
    Bill Paxton
    Greer
    Lee Ving
    Bird – The Sorels
    Stoney Jackson
    Reggie – The Sorels
    Grand L. Bush
    Lester – The Sorels
    Robert Townsend
    B.J. – The Sorels
    Mykelti Williamson
    Baby Doll
    Elizabeth Daily

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    Walter Hill

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