Steelyard Blues
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Steelyard Blues | |
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Directed by | Alan Myerson |
Written by | David S. Ward |
Starring | Donald Sutherland Jane Fonda Peter Boyle |
Release date(s) | January 31, 1973 |
Running time | 93 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Steelyard Blues is a 1973 comedy crime film starring Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda and Peter Boyle. It concerns the lives of a group of misfits trying to find a happier life against the norms of society. Sutherland plays an ex-con with a passion for demolition derbies. He has wrecked almost every possible car, but violates his parole when confronted by a 1950 Studebaker. This embarrasses his brother, Howard Hesseman, in an unlikely respectable role. Fonda plays a prostitute with an off-on relationship with Sutherlands character. The film is notable for reprising the Fonda-Sutherland pairing of Klute. The gang tries to get an old PBY flying, and much humor ensues.