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Quick Facts
Directed by Walter Hill
Produced by Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver
Written by Walter Hill and Larry Gross
Production Company: RKO Pictures and Hill-Gordon-Silver Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: June 1, 1984
Running time: 93 minutes
Budget: $14.5 million
Box office: $8.1 million
Starring in Streets of Fire (1984)
Michael Paré as Tom Cody
Diane Lane as Ellen Aim
E.G. Daily as Baby Doll
Rick Moranis as Billy Fish
Amy Madigan as McCoy
Willem Dafoe as Raven Shaddock
Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Reva Cody
VHS Box Description
Streets of Fire is a movie, unlike any ever seen before—a rock and roll fable in which songs are as essential to the film as the action sequences. Michael Paré stars as Tom Cody, a handsome, heroic soldier of fortune who returns to his old neighborhood to rescue his gorgeous ex-girlfriend, rock star Ellen Aim (Diane Lane) from the clutches of the evil motorcycle gang that kidnaps her.
Together with Ellen’s manager, Billy Fish (Rick Moranis) and Tom’s tow-fisted, beer-guzzling sidekick McCoy (Amy Madigan) they set off into a timeless world of smoke, neon, rain-splattered streets, hot cars, and deadly enemies to bring Ellen back.
In the words of Director Walter Hill of 48 Hours fame, “…Leader of the Pack steals the Queen of the Hop and Soldier boy comes home to do something about it.” All to the sounds of today’s top rock stars.
Trailers
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June 1984 Box Office competition
Ghostbusters: $229.2 million
Gremlins: $148.1 million
The Karate Kid: $90.9 million
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: $76.4 million
Bachelor Party: $38.4 million
Conan the Destroyer: $31 million
Cannonball Run II: $28 million
Rhinestone: $21.4 million
Top Secret!: $20.45 million
Beat Street: $16.59 million
Streets of Fire: $8 million
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