---
title: 'Cadillac Records (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Darnell Martin'
released: '2008-11-24'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cadillac-records-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cadillac Records (2008)

2008 · 109 min · History, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin. The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Beyoncé](https://cinepixo.com/people/beyonce)
- **Director:** [Darnell Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/darnell-martin)
- **Screenplay:** [Darnell Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/darnell-martin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Terence Blanchard](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-blanchard)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anastas Michos](https://cinepixo.com/people/anastas-michos)
- **Editor:** [Peter C. Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-c-frank)

## Cast

- [Vincent D'Onofrio](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-d-onofrio)
- [Eric Bogosian](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-bogosian)
- [Yasiin Bey](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasiin-bey)
- [Tammy Blanchard](https://cinepixo.com/people/tammy-blanchard)
- [Cedric the Entertainer](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-the-entertainer)
- [Jill Flint](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-flint)
- [Norman Reedus](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-reedus)
- [Beyoncé](https://cinepixo.com/people/beyonce)
- [Emmanuelle Chriqui](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuelle-chriqui)
- [Gabrielle Union](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabrielle-union)
- [Jay O. Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-o-sanders)
- [Columbus Short](https://cinepixo.com/people/columbus-short)
- [Eamonn Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/eamonn-walker)
- [Jeffrey Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-wright)
- [Dexter Darden](https://cinepixo.com/people/dexter-darden)

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Official site: http://www.cadillacrecordsmovie.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cadillac-records-2008
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