--- title: 'Crossroads (1986)' type: 'film' director: 'Walter Hill' released: '1986-03-14' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Music' - 'Mystery' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/crossroads-1986' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090888/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Crossroads (1986) 1986 · 96 min · Drama, Music, Mystery · United States ## Synopsis Crossroads is a 1986 American musical drama film, inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson. It is directed by Walter Hill from a screenplay by John Fusco, and stars Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz. It features an original score by Ry Cooder featuring classical guitar by William Kanengiser and harmonica by Sonny Terry. Steve Vai appears in the film as the devil's virtuosic guitar player in the climactic guitar duel. ## Credits - **Director:** [Walter Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-hill) - **Screenplay:** [Walter Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-hill) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ry Cooder](https://cinepixo.com/people/ry-cooder) - **Producer:** [Tim Zinnemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-zinnemann) - **Director of Photography:** [John Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bailey) ## Cast - [Joe Morton](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-morton) - [John Hancock](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hancock) - [Akosua Busia](https://cinepixo.com/people/akosua-busia) - [Ralph Macchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-macchio) - [Jami Gertz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jami-gertz) - [Tim Russ](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-russ) - [Dennis Lipscomb](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-lipscomb) - [Steve Vai](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-vai) - [Joe Seneca](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-seneca) - [Harry Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-carey) - [Jean Badin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-badin) - [Robert Judd](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-judd) - [Allan Arbus](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-arbus) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/crossroads-1986 Film facts: Wikidata (Q979733); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.