Neglected movie cars: the Cadillac Sedan de Ville from "The Blues Brothers"
The day Jake gets out of prison, his own brother comes to pick him up in a police car. Why? Because he traded their old Cadillac – a 1968 Fleetwood Sixty Special, as the story goes – for a microphone. It's clear that the worn-out Mount Prospect police cruiser can't stand up to comparison with the cozy luxury glider and its functioning cigarette lighter.
But an adequate replacement is in sight when they get the band back together. For as famous as the 1974 Dodge Monaco is, the majority of the "Good Ole Blues Brothers Boys Band from Chicago" actually drive from gig to gig in a different car: a 1967 Cadillac Sedan de Ville, which served as the tour vehicle for their splinter group "Murph and the Magic Tones" until the band reunited.
The intense blackberry red of the body did not exist in the standard Cadillac range in 1967, of course, but the color matches well with the candy-ass monkey suits of the Magic Tones. Less so with the black suits of the Blues brothers. However, there is no time for repainting, so the old band name on the rear fenders is simply crossed out and the new one painted on the doors.
While the Dodge is put through its paces in various chases, the Caddy has a fairly peaceful existence. Only once does it have to be jumped around on on the roof and hood. His fate is unknown. While Jake and Elwood make their way to the treasury in Chicago in their Dodge, the band stays in the Palace Hotel Ballroom and keeps on playing – until the whole troupe ends up in prison. At least no one can trade their Cadillac for a microphone then.
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