Highway 61

Year: 1991

Runtime: 103 mins

Language: English

Director: Bruce McDonald

Comedy

A naïve Canadian barber who knows U.S. pop culture meets a flamboyant roadie asking him to drive her and her brother’s corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario, to New Orleans. He agrees, unaware the body hides drugs. Their journey descends into chaotic run‑ins with police and eccentric characters, becoming a wild, comic road‑trip adventure.

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