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80 Steps to Jonah

  • 1969
  • G
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
265
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Wayne Newton in 80 Steps to Jonah (1969)
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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
  • Stars
    • Wayne Newton
    • Mickey Rooney
    • Jo Van Fleet
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    265
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gerd Oswald
    • Writers
      • Frederick Louis Fox
      • Gerd Oswald
    • Stars
      • Wayne Newton
      • Mickey Rooney
      • Jo Van Fleet
    • 20User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Wayne Newton
    Wayne Newton
    • Mark Jonah Winters
    Mickey Rooney
    Mickey Rooney
    • Wilfred Bashford
    Jo Van Fleet
    Jo Van Fleet
    • Nonna
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Barney Glover
    Diana Ewing
    Diana Ewing
    • Tracy Rutledge
    Sal Mineo
    Sal Mineo
    • Jerry Taggart
    R.G. Armstrong
    R.G. Armstrong
    • Mackray
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Scott
    Frank Schuller
    • Witney
    Dennis Cross
    • Maxon
    Brandon Cruz
    Brandon Cruz
    • Little Joe Wilson
    Erin Moran
    Erin Moran
    • Kim
    Teddy Quinn
    Teddy Quinn
    • Richard
    Michele Tobin
    • Cathy
    Susan Mathews
    • Velma
    Ira Angustain
    • Pepe
    Lilly Martens
    • Nina
    Butch Patrick
    Butch Patrick
    • Brian Hofstadter
    • Director
      • Gerd Oswald
    • Writers
      • Frederick Louis Fox
      • Gerd Oswald
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    10lanie1967

    I love this movie!

    I saw this on Cable years and years ago, and I think of it so often. It's like losing a good friend by moving away. I hate that I can't play it any time I want. I think I will write to the cable companies and find out how to request that it play. Every other movie plays over and over. This one should too. I take offense to the writer who said this was a bad Elvis-type movie. Wayne Newton was young then, and probably hadn't even been compared to Elvis at that time. This is a cute little family movie that makes you feel like there may be a little good in the world after all. Nowadays, you don't get too much of that. I sure hope I am able to get a copy of this movie. I would love to sit and watch it with my Grandson. Thank you for your time.
    6rhinokev

    So, it wasn't my imagination...

    This movie really DID exist. For the longest time, I thought this movie was synthesized from my collective unconscious. I remember seeing this movie on some impossibly late program about 25 years ago and being genuinely moved by it. Unashamedly sentimental, yet not too saccharine treatment of a man on the lam who finds refuge at a summer camp for blind children. A surprisingly well-casted movie with a decent soundtrack that would definitely appeal to the "Grab-a-hanky" set. Not a movie I would go out of my way to see - except for the purpose of reminiscing about the first (and only) time I saw it - but, I would definitely watch it if it appeared on my television while channel-surfing.
    clcain

    Why does no one carry this masterpiece?

    I watched this movie when I was so young that I can hardly remember what it is called. I went to my local video stores and they all had books and said that if it was not in their books it was not a movie. All the books you could look up the actors name. It said nothing about this movie when I looked under Wayne Newton. I just have to say I think a lot of people are missing out by not seeing this movie. I was very compelled when I saw it as a young boy and now hope to be compelled again. I just want to thank the people at IMDB.com for being so extensive in their movie selection.
    athena_schutte

    Memories

    I watched this movie when I was about 12 years old. I was spending the night with my Grandmother in the late 70's and we happened to be up late talking. This movie came on the late night movie and it has stuck in my memory. My Grandmother and I both loved this movie and we went through many tissues. My Grandmother passed away about 8 year ago and one of my many fondest memories with her was the night we watched this movie together. I would love to see this movie again. I have only saw it once and it made a great impact on me. Any recomendations to where I may be able to rent it would be greatly appreciated. I would definitely rate this a must see movie. (They don't make em' like this anymore.)
    4john-w-welch-gm

    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.

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    • 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 Permis de tuer (1989)
    • Goofs
      When Jonah arrives at the children's camp, everyone is preparing to eat breakfast even though near lack of shadows indicate that it's just before or just after noon.
    • Soundtracks
      My World (Jonah's Theme)
      Music & lyrics by Wayne Newton & Don Vincent

      Performed by Wayne Newton

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 80 Schritte bis zum Glück
    • Production companies
      • El Tigre
      • Motion Pictures International
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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