Steelyard Blues is a 1973 American comedy crime film directed by Alan Myerson and starring Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda and Peter Boyle.
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Directed by | Alan Myerson |
Written by | David S. Ward |
Produced by | Tony Bill Michael Phillips Julia Phillips |
Starring | Donald Sutherland Jane Fonda Peter Boyle Howard Hesseman John Savage |
Cinematography | László Kovács Stevan Larner |
Edited by | Robert Grovener |
Music by | Nick Gravenites |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1 million (US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
A group of misfits tries to find a happier life against the norms of society. Donald Sutherland plays an ex-con with a passion for demolition derbies. He has wrecked almost every possible car. He violates his parole when confronted by a 1950 Studebaker. This embarrasses his brother, a politically ambitious district attorney played by Howard Hesseman in an unlikely respectable role. Jane Fonda plays a prostitute engaging in an off-again/on-again relationship with Sutherland's character. The plot hilariously thickens when this gang of merry misfits tries to repair an old Consolidated PBY Catalina airplane, and get it flying again.
In 1979, the film was broadcast on NBC under the title, Final Crash.[2][3]
All tracks written by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield, except where indicated.
Performers: John Kahn, Chris Parker, Merl Saunders, Annie Sampson, Mike Bloomfield, Maria Muldaur, Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield