80 Steps to Jonah

1969
G
1h 47m

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Wayne Newton in 80 Steps to Jonah (1969)

A young man hiding from the law takes refuge in a summer camp for blind children.A young man hiding from the law takes refuge in a summer camp for blind children.A young man hiding from the law takes refuge in a summer camp for blind children.

Director
- Gerd Oswald
Writers
- Frederick Louis Fox
- Gerd Oswald
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5.7/10

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Director
- Gerd Oswald
Writers
- Frederick Louis Fox
- Gerd Oswald
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Wayne Newton's only lead role in a motion picture. After this movie bombed, he didn't appear in another film for twenty years. The film was the James Bond 007 flick Licence to Kill (1989)

Goofs
The '69 Dodge Charger shown during the chase is different from the 'crashed' car. That one is a '66-67 Charger. The roof lines and rear fenders are different.

Soundtracks
My World (Jonah's Theme)
Music & lyrics by Wayne Newton & Don Vincent
Performed by Wayne Newton

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4/10

Stuck watching this movie on an airliner, I fell asleep

I remember this as a dog of a movie that played on a late-evening flight from O'Hare to San Francisco in January, 1969. Wayne Newton was awful. I saw that he was in a car accident and that he ran away from the police, for some reason. After a bit, I went to sleep, only waking up when Mickey Rooney wandered through to save Newton and a happy ending.

This afternoon, something itched in my brain, so I went looking on IMDB for a Mickey Rooney movie. This is it. I almost never walk out of movies, I would have walked out of this if the exit had not been about 30,000 feet up.