Eddie and the Cruisers

Name: Eddie and the Cruisers
Duration: 1 h 35 min

1hr 35m

1hr 35m
3.3/5 (1.3K)
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A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader Eddie Wilson may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of… More Details »

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Director:

Martin Davidson, Martin Davidson

Writer:

Martin Davidson, Arlene Davidson

Release Date:

Sep 23, 1983

Runtime:

1hr 35m

Synopsis

A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader Eddie Wilson may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.

Cast

Michael Paré
Tom Berenger
Michael Paré
Joe Pantoliano
Tom Berenger
Matthew Laurance
Joe Pantoliano
Helen Schneider
Matthew Laurance
Helen Schneider

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"Hey, Bruce! It's your cousin! Marvin! MARVIN SPRINGSTEEN! You know that new sound you been looking for? Listen to this!"

266 Likes

bybowes

Sep 6, 2025

English Version below🟠🟢🔵 See the writing on the wall Ivory tower's bound to fall Voices whisper in the wind I can hear them calling Eddie Wilson, der Kult-Rockstar Eddie Wilson ist verschwunden. Urplötzlich. Wie von Zauberhand. Wie verhext. Wie vom Erdboden…

88 Likes

19oldboy91

Apr 9, 2026

The jam session where the sausage was made to create Dark Side, Berenger reminiscing about “the good times” where his wordsmith (current a poetry teacher to bored students) was there with the struggling band needing that big hit (I’m glad they made him the lead, allowing…

33 Likes

Scarecrow88
Jan 14, 2024

Rock ‘n’ roll and existentialism—a match made in the coolest of all possible heavens. Eddie and the Cruisers details the meteoric rise and tragic fall of a band so ahead of their time that the songs they released in the early 60’s sound exactly like they were written by…

45 Likes

AD917

Jan 11, 2024

The film that finally reveals the shocking true story of how Bruce Springsteen, lost and without musical direction, built a time machine out of discarded pinball machines at the Asbury Park Silverball Arcade in 1972 and travelled back to 1963 where he ripped off the entire…

34 Likes

mrbalihai

Sep 7, 2021

The top songs of 1963 were like Puff the Magic Dragon and Surfin' Safari ... On the Dark Side is from a totally different universe lmao. Tom Beremger has one of those faces where you dont know if his character is suppose to be 20 or 47.

32 Likes

MenOnFilm
Apr 12, 2026

Crazy how much they ripped off Springsteen

10 Likes

jxckkeller

Apr 10, 2026

I love that there are still 1980s movies that I haven't watched, even though I grew up during the era and spent a significant part of my adulthood trying to fill in the blind spots from that time period. I first heard of "Eddie and the Cruisers" so long ago that I cannot…

6 Likes

Dale Nauertz

Sep 20, 2019

I will defend this movie til I die I don’t even care what anyone says.

26 Likes

Tami Giordano

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Nick Dubberly is "meh" on

Eddie and the Cruisers

Though I enjoyed all the original songs in this film, I found the story a bit lackluster. Overall it was a pretty good film with some great music, it just felt like the story was just incomplete.

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G Deeter loved

Eddie and the Cruisers

I have no clue why this movie totally unavailable for streaming but it’s a fantastic watch.

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