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(Redirected from Final Crash) 1973 film by Alan Myerson
Steelyard Blues
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Myerson
Written byDavid S. Ward
Produced byTony Bill
Michael Phillips
Julia Phillips
StarringDonald Sutherland
Jane Fonda
Peter Boyle
Howard Hesseman
John Savage
CinematographyLászló Kovács
Stevan Larner
Edited byRobert Grovener
Music byNick Gravenites
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • January 31, 1973 (1973-01-31)
Running time93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million (US/ Canada rentals)

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 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.

Cast

Alternate title

In 1979, the film was broadcast on NBC under the title, Final Crash.

Soundtrack album

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

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"

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

References

  1. "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, January 9, 1974 p 60
  2. October 13, 1979 listings for CHEK-TV, Victoria, British Columbia, in TV Guide, Eastern Washington State Edition, October 13–19, 1979.
  3. Listings for KSD-TV from Radio-Info: "Retro: St. Louis Tues, July 31, 1979", July 31, 2012.

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