Steelyard Blues

 ( 1973 Films ) 

Steelyard Blues is a 1973 American Comedy film crime film, directed by Alan Myerson, and starring Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda and Peter Boyle.

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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 who engages 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.

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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

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Alternate title In 1979, the film was broadcast on NBC under the title, Final Crash.October 13, 1979 listings for CHEK-DT, Victoria, British Columbia, in TV Guide, Eastern Washington State Edition, October 13–19, 1979.Listings for KSDK from Radio-Info: "Retro: St. Louis Tues, July 31, 1979", July 31, 2012.

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Soundtrack album All tracks written by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield, except where indicated.

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Side One

1. "Swing With It"
2. "Brand New Family"
3. "Woman's Love"
4. "Make the Headlines"
5. "Georgia Blues" (Maria Muldaur/Bloomfield/Gravenites)
6. "My Bag (The Oysters)"
7. "Common Ground"

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Side Two

1. "Being Different"
2. "I've Been Searching"
3. "Do I Care" (Merl Saunders/Muldaur)
4. "Lonesome Star Blues" (Maria Muldaur)
5. "Here I Come (There She Goes)"
6. "If You Cared"
7. "Theme from Steelyard Blues (Drive Again)"

Performers: John Kahn, Chris Parker, Merl Saunders, Annie Sampson, Mike Bloomfield, Maria Muldaur, Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield

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