Outlaw Blues (1977)

Released August of 1977 in the US.

Filmed in Texas.

The story: Bobby Ogden is an inmate at Huntsville Prison.

He likes to write and sing country songs and everyone that has ever heard him play knows he's a natural.

When famous country music star Garland Dupree comes to the prison for a show, the warden introduces Bobby and asks that he perform for the star.

Garland agrees and Bobby puts on his best performance, playing along and also recording with Garland's band.

Afterward, Garland says how talented Bobby is and upon his parole in two weeks, he should look him up.

But before Bobby even gets out, he finds that Garland has stolen his song, recorded it, released it, and claims it is his own.

Mad as hell but not much he can do about it, when Bobby's last two weeks are up he tracks down Garland.

Of course, Garland is still claiming, even to Bobby, that the song belongs to him and there is not a damn thing he can do about it.

Bobby gets into a fistfight with Garland and while doing so, Garland pulls a gun.

When Garland is accidentally shot in the foot it sure looks like Bobby did it, which sends him into hiding from the law.

Stars Henry Fonda, Richard Lockmiller, James T Callahan, Michael Lerner, John Crawford, Steven Fromholz, Matt Clark, Susan Saint James, Jan Rita Cobler, Gene Rader, Curtis Harris, Jerry Greene, Dave Helfert, Jeffrey Friedman, James N  Harrell, Nic Christie, Steve Goodwin, RC Keene 

Directed by Richard T Heffron

Rated PG
DRAMA/COMEDY/ACTION