Highway 61
Where Else Would You Go To Bury Rock N' Roll?
1991 | 103m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Bruce McDonald |
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| Writer: | Allan Magee, Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 05, 1991 |
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| Director: | Bruce McDonald |
| Writer: | Allan Magee, Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | rock 'n' roll, jazz, coffin, drug mule, blues, heroin, groupie, satanist, trumpet, road trip, corpse, motorcycle gang, road movie, canadian border |
| Production Companies | Shadow Stars |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Valerie Buhagiar | Jackie Bangs |
| Don McKellar | Pokey Jones |
| Earl Pastko | Mr. Skin (a.k.a. Satan) |
| Peter Breck | Mr. Watson |
| Jello Biafra | Customs Agent #1 |
| Hadley Obodiac | Customs Agent #2 |
| Tav Falco | Motorcycle Gang Leader |
| Tracy Wright | Margo |
| Johnny Askwith | Claude |
| Namir Khan | Funeral Director |
| Steve Fall | Jeffrey The Corpse |
| Larry Hudson | Nathan – Manservant |
| Elizabeth Pritchard | Louise Watson |
| Chantal Ettles | Missie Watson |
| Alithea Watters | Minnie Watson |
| Ellen Carlisle | Mother |
| Brooks Rapley | Mother's Little Helper |
| Ann Shipman | Pickerel Falls Reporter |
| Michael Vendruscolo | Pickerel Falls Photographer |
| David McFarlane | Satan's Neighbor |
| Peter Lynch | Bingo Angry Man |
| Alma Doyle | Bingo Angry Woman |
| Caroline Gillis | Bingo Attendant |
| Ray Gabourie | Bingo Caller |
| Jimmy Watson | Highway Panhandler |
| Willie Selkirk | Motel Clerk |
| Robert Theodore | Rock Band Manager |
| Kevin Carlisle | Rock Band Member #1 |
| Charlie Azzopardi | Rock Band Member #2 |
| Jimmy Lynch | Rock Band Member #3 |
| Ken Sinclair | Rock Band Member #4 |
| Lad Shaga | Gun Dealer |
| Clarence Haynes | Motel Meat Eater |
| E.G. Daniels | Motel Vegetarian |
| Jay Pattison | Bus Driver |
| David Ramsden | Satan's Other Neighbor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Norman Jewison | Thanks |
| Nash the Slash | Original Music Composer |
| Mirosław Baszak | Director of Photography |
| Michael Pacek | Editor |
| Ian Brock | Production Design |
| Derek J. Baskerville | Costume Design |
| Martha Wynne Snetsinger | Costume Design |
| David Webb | First Assistant Director |
| Tony Currie | ADR Editor |
| Paul Germann | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Steve Munro | Sound Designer |
| Daniel Pellerin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Werth | Sound Mixer |
| Johnny Askwith | Lighting Technician |
| Hamish McIntyre | Camera Operator, Key Grip |
| Phil Gries | Other |
| Ricardo Olivero | Color Timer |
| Evan Siegel | Transportation Coordinator |
| Maya Toman | Other |
| Brenda Davis | Researcher |
| Allan Magee | Story |
| Brock Jolliffe | Special Effects |
| Bruce McDonald | Story, Director |
| David Cronenberg | Thanks |
| Sid Lieberman | Foley Artist |
| Don McKellar | Story, Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Daniel Salerno | Executive Producer |
| Colin Brunton | Producer |
| Bruce McDonald | Producer |
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