Outlaw Blues

Jul 15, 1977

1h 40m

★ 4.2

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

Overview

An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has been stolen and made into a hit record by a country music superstar. When his confrontation with the star takes a violent turn the ex-con has to go back on the run, but he finds an unexpected ally in a shrewd background singer with a plan to turn the tables in his favor.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Sequoia Pictures

Outlaw Blues Trailers

Cast

Bobby Ogden

Peter Fonda

Tina Waters

Susan Saint James

Buzz Cavenaugh

John Crawford

Garland Dupree

James T. Callahan

Hatch

Michael Lerner

Elroy

Steven Fromholz

Associate Warden

Richard Lockmiller

Billy Bob

Matt Clark

Cathy Moss

Jan Rita Cobler

Leon Warback

Gene Rader

Big Guy

Curtis Harris

Disc Jockey

Jerry Greene

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