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68% Critic Match
Highway 61
“Where Else Would You Go To Bury Rock N' Roll?”
6.8 / 10• 1991• 1h 43m•R• English
Comedy
Storyline
A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario to New Orleans. Chaos ensues after the barber agrees to drive her, the corpse, and the drugs stashed within all the way.
Cast & Crew
Valerie Buhagiar
Jackie Bangs
Lead
Don McKellar
Pokey Jones
Earl Pastko
Mr. Skin (a.k.a. Satan)
Peter Breck
Mr. Watson
Jello Biafra
Customs Agent #1
HO
Hadley Obodiac
Customs Agent #2
TF
Tav Falco
Motorcycle Gang Leader
Tracy Wright
Margo
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bruce McDonald's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Highway 61 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
