On this day in movie history - Crossroads (1986)

Crossroads

directed by Walter Hill,

written by John Fusco,

released in the United States on March 14, 1986.

Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast: Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Robert Judd, Steve Vai, Dennis Lipscomb, Harry Carey Jr., John Hancock, Allan Arbus, Gretchen Palmer, Al Fann, Wally Taylor, Tim Russ, Tom Donaldson / Tex Donaldson, Guy Killum, Akosua Busia, Edward Walsh, Allan Graf, Royce Wallace, J.W. Smith, Diana Bellamy, Johnny M. Reyes, Karen Huie, Robin Townsend, Jeanne Kiely, Winifred Freedman, Dolores Aguanno, Debra Laws, Diane Robin, Leslie Morris, Gloria Delaney, Jo Marie Payton / JoMarie Payton-France, Angela Robinson Witherspoon, Deborra Hampton, Le Van Hawkins, Jason Ross, Natasha Peacock, Agnes Narciso, Frank Frost, John Price, Otis Taylor, Richard 'Shubby' Holmes, Terry L. Evans, Bobby A. King, Sam King, Arnold McCuller, Willie J. Greene Jr., Marina Anderson, John Otrin, Ray Pourchot, Skip Rose, Arthur Tovey, Tom Willett, Cal Wilson.

Born on this day – Joe Seneca:

Joe Seneca

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996

Credits:

Songs:

Break It To Me Gently; Forty Days and Forty Nights; It's Gonna Work Out Fine; Overnight Success; Quitte-moi doucement; Rick-a-Chick; Talk to Me, Talk to Me.

Movies and television:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 227 (1988); A Gathering of Old Men (1987); A Man Called Hawk (1989); A Time to Kill (1996); Amazing Stories (1986); American Playhouse (1984); Big Shots (1987); Birdland (1994); Channel Zero (2018); China Beach (1990); Christy (1995); Crossroads (1986); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Dolly (1988); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Ein Aufstand alter Männer (1987); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Friday the 13th: The Series (1988); Heart of the Garden (1985); In the Heat of the Night (1989); It's Cool to Care (1988); Juice Newton: Break It to Me Gently (1982); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Law & Order (1993); Lucy and Desi (2022); Making a Mark (2005); Malcolm X (1992); Matlock (1989); Mississippi Masala (1991); Mo' Better Blues (1990); Moments Without Proper Names (1987); Mr. President (1987); NBC Special Treat (1979); Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986); School Daze (1988); SeaQuest 2032 (1995); Silverado (1985); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Star Search (2003); Sweet Justice (1995); Tarzan in Manhattan (1989); Terrible Joe Moran (1984); The American Parade (1976); The Blob (1988); The Cosby Show (1987); The Death of Dick Long (2019); The Edge of Night (1982); The Equalizer (1989); The Evil That Men Do (1984); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); The Gentleman Bandit (1981); The Golden Girls (1987); The House of Dies Drear (1984); The Longest Memory (1997); The Saint of Fort Washington (1993); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Tenth Month (1979); The Verdict (1982); The Vernon Johns Story (1994); Throb (1987); Trees Lounge (1996); Wilma (1977).