Roadie

Roadie

5.9IMDb Score
Released:1980-06-13
Duration:106 min
Director:Alan Rudolph
Actors:Meat Loaf, Kaki Hunter, Art Carney, Gailard Sartain, Rhonda Bates
Production:United Artists

Overview:

A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.

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