Roadie (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Roadie


caption =
director = Alan Rudolph
writer = Big Boy Medlin
Michael Ventura
Zalman King
Alan Rudolph
starring = Meat Loaf
Kaki Hunter
Don Cornelius
Gailard Sartain
Art Carney
producer = Zalman King
Carolyn Pfeiffer
John E. Pommer
distributor = United Artists
released = June 13, 1980
runtime = 105 min.
country = United States
language = English
amg_id = 1:41597
imdb_id = 0081433

"Roadie" is a 1980 film directed by Alan Rudolph about a truck driver who becomes a roadie for a traveling rock and roll show. The film stars Meat Loaf and marks his first starring role in a film. There are also cameo appearances by musicians such as Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr., Blondie and Alice Cooper. The film was marketed with the tagline "Bands make it rock, but roadies make it roll."

The Cast

*Meat Loaf - Travis W. Redfish
*Kaki Hunter - Lola Bouilliabase
*Art Carney - Corpus C. Redfish
*Gailard Sartain - B. B. Muldoon
*Rhonda Bates - Alice Poo
*Joe Spano - Ace
*Richard Marion - George
*Sonny Carl Davis - Bird (as Sonny Davis)
*Hamilton Camp - Grady
*Don Cornelius - Mohammed Johnson
*Alice Cooper - Himself
*Alvin Crow - Himself
*Rick Crow - Asleep At The Wheel
*Smoothie - The Pleasant Valley Boys
*D.H. Little - The Pleasant Valley Boys
*Pete Finney - The Pleasant Valley Boys
*Tiny McFarland - The Pleasant Valley Boys
*Roger Crabtree - The Pleasant Valley Boys
*Chris O'Connell - Asleep at the Wheel
*Bobby Black - Asleep at the Wheel
*Pat Ryan - Asleep at the Wheel
*Daniel Levin - Asleep at the Wheel
*John Nicholas - Asleep At The Wheel
*Francis Christina - Asleep At The Wheel
*Dean DeMerritt - Asleep At The Wheel
*Deborah Harry - Herself (Blondie)
*Chris Stein - Himself (Blondie)
*Clem Burke - Himself (Blondie)
*Jimmy Destri - Himself (Blondie)
*Nigel Harrison - Himself (Blondie)
*Frank Infante - Himself (Blondie)
*Roy Orbison - Himself
*Hank Williams Jr. - Himself
*Ginger Varney - Weather Girl
*Al Mays - Mohammed's Bodyguard
*Cindy Wills - Prom Queen
*Allan Graf - Tiny
*Merle Kilgore - Himself
*Jack Elliott - Himself (as Ramblin' Jack Elliott)
*Hector Britt - Hank
*Larry Lindsey - Jerry
*Conrad E. Palmisano - First Cop in Chase (as Conrad Palmisano)
*Tim Chitwood - Second Cop
*Bobby Sargent - Third Cop
*Rick Seaman - Fourth Cop
*Lenore Woodward - Little Old Lady
*Terry Wills - First Narc
*Chuck Bulot - Second Narc
*Helena Hurmann - Manager
*Marcy Hanson - Groupie
*Carole McClellan - Sheriff
*Rudy Ortiz - Soundman
*Bruce Patron - Blondie Road Manager
*William Hanna - Tire Salesman
*James Lewis - Pete
*Ray Benson - Himself
*Richard Portnow - First New York Wino
*Anthony Casertano - Second New York Wino
*Sheryl Cooper - Herself
*Joe Gannon - Spittle Manager
*Jesse Frederick - Alice Cooper Roadie
*Larry Marshall - Second Roadie
*Rick Brunt - Third Roadie
*Eric Gardner - Concert Promoter
*Kurtwood Smith - Security Guard
*Paul Jamieson - New York Soundman
*Fred Mandel - Alice Cooper Band
*Davey Johnstone - Alice Cooper Band
*Roger Powell - Alice Cooper Band
*Kasim Sulton - Alice Cooper Band
*John Wilcox - Alice Cooper Band
*Kerry Craig - The Bama Band
*Joe Hamilton - The Bama Band
*Warren Keith - The Bama Band
*Charles Smith - The Bama Band
*Dale Stratton - The Bama Band
*Shona Lay - Spittle (by Standing Waves)
*Bob Murray - Spittle (by Standing Waves)
*Larry Seaman - Spittle (by Standing Waves)
*Randy Franklin - Spittle (by Standing Waves)
*David Cardwell - Spittle (by Standing Waves)

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