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Steelyard Blues

If you can't beat 'em ... drive 'em crazy!

5.0(23)19731h 33m1

A group of misfits who want to find a happier life somewhere out of society decide to leave town on a PBY flying boat. The problem is that their transport needs a lot of work before they can fly it.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • release from prison
  • flying boat

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Behind the camera

Director

Alan Myerson

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical31 Jan 1973

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Steelyard Blues was released on 31 January 1973.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    11/29/2020

    5/10

    _**Oddball drama about outcasts (Sutherland, Boyle and Fonda) starts shaky, but finds its footing**_ A group of misfits in the Oakland area hang out in a junkyard and an abandoned airstrip. They come up with the harebrained scheme of repairing a PBY Catalina flying boat and escaping their troubles. Donald Sutherland plays the black sheep brother of a district attorney (Howard Hesseman) while Jane Fonda is on hand …

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    CinemaSerf

    7/4/2025

    5/10

    I usually reckon that heist movies are always more interesting as the plotters get together and do their scheming, then they fall away a bit as very, very, rarely do they ever get away with their crime. Well this one has the scheming phase, ok, but it isn’t remotely interesting. Donald Sutherland heads the cast with what’s almost an identical reprise of his quirky “Oddball” character from “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970). Thi…

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