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Steelyard Blues
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Wikipedia article
'Steelyard Blues' is a 1973 American comedy crime film directed by Alan Myerson and starring Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda and Peter Boyle.
Plot
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.
Cast
*Mel Stewart Black Man in Jail
*Donald Sutherland Jesse Veldini
*Howard Hesseman Frank Veldini
*Morgan Upton Police Capt. Bill
*Peter Boyle Eagle Thornberry
*Jessica Myerson Savage Rose
*Beans Morocco Rocky (as Dan Barrows)
*John Savage Kid
*Jane Fonda Iris Caine
*Nancy Fish Pool Hall Waitress
*Roger Bowen Fire Commissioner Francis
*Garry Goodrow Duval Jax
*Lynette Bernay Bar Waitress
*Richard Schaal Zoo Official Mel
*Edward Greenberg Rookie Cop
Alternate title
In 1979, the film was broadcast on NBC under the title, 'Final Crash'.October 13, 1979 listings for CHEK-TV, Victoria, British Columbia, in 'TV Guide', Eastern Washington State Edition, October 1319, 1979.Listings for KSD-TV from [http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=216774.0 Radio-Info: "Retro: St. Louis Tues, July 31, 1979", July 31, 2012.]
Soundtrack album
All tracks written by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield, except where indicated.
Side One
# "Swing With It"# "Brand New Family"
# "Woman's Love"
# "Make the Headlines"
# "Georgia Blues" (Maria Muldaur/Bloomfield/Gravenites)
# "My Bag (The Oysters)"
# "Common Ground"
Side Two
# "Being Different"# "I've Been Searching"
# "Do I Care" (Merl Saunders/Muldaur)
# "Lonesome Star Blues" (Maria Muldaur)
# "Here I Come (There She Goes)"
# "If You Cared"
# "Theme from Steelyard Blues (Drive Again)"
Performers: John Kahn, Chris Parker, Merl Saunders, Annie Sampson, Mike Bloomfield, Maria Muldaur, Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield
References
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