While it's often most remembered (if at all) as the film that killed Return of the Jedi director Richard Marquand just shy of his 50th birthday, Hearts of Fire is a musical melodrama that, despite its obscurity, features the legendary Bob Dylan in a co-starring role.
Originally titled “American Rocker,” by songwriter Scott Richardson, Marquand curiously chose this as his follow-up film to the blockbuster thriller Jagged Edge, which itself was originally called “Hearts of Fire,” primarily due to his…
