Outlaw Blues (1977)

Susan St. James helps Peter Fonda, an ex-convict who goes after the country music star who stole his song and made it a hit.

Director:

Richard T. Heffron

Writer:

Bill L. Norton

Stars:

Peter Fonda, Susan Saint James, John Crawford

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Peter Fonda	...	Bobby Ogden
Susan Saint James	...	Tina Waters
John Crawford	...	Buzz Cavenaugh
James T. Callahan	...	Garland Dupree
Michael Lerner	...	Hatch
Steve Fromholz	...	Elroy
Richard Lockmiller	...	Associate Warden
Matt Clark	...	Billy Bob
Jan Rita Cobler	...	Cathy Moss
Gene Rader	...	Leon Warback
Curtis Harris	...	Big Guy
Jerry Greene	...	Disc Jockey
Dave Helfert	...	Anchorman
Jeffrey Friedman	...	Newsman
James N. Harrell	...	Cop Chauffeur

Storyline

Susan St. James helps Peter Fonda, an ex-convict who goes after the country music star who stole his song and made it a hit.

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Plot Keywords:

music industry | celebrity | media coverage | boat | prison | 

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Taglines:

His song is a runaway hit while he's a hit runaway.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

All'ultimo secondo

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,900,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sequoia Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kris Kristofferson was offered the male lead. He turned it down to do Convoy.

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Goofs

When they are at the football game, close up shots of the band were done earlier during the week and the field was dry. Long shots were done on an actual game on a rainy Saturday, so there are two colors of Astroturf being shown back and forth.

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Connections

Referenced in Angel (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Beyond These Walls"
Written by Hoyt Axton

User Reviews

Variations on release date

I wish IMDb would allow for some TEXT/COMMENTARY about release dates because it is not as clear-cut as they would like it to be sometimes. Many pictures from this era were released regionally, and it was not a matter of 1500 prints nationwide all at one time. 1500 prints in the late 1970s was a HUGE saturation. Nowadays 3500 prints is common! Big epics of the 1960s and blockbusters like GOLDFINGER were released with 400 prints or fewer! JAWS was about 450 prints.

Anyway, in the case of Outlaw Blues, the first dates were in the South and Southwest US, starting July 1, 1977; it opened in New York City on July 15; and in the midwest the release was July 22.