Thunder Road (1958)

Thunder Road (1958)

Release Date

1958

Director

  • Arthur Ripley

Cast

  • Robert Mitchum
  • Gene Barry
  • Jacques Aubuchon
  • Trevor Bardette
  • James Mitchum

A moonshine runner has to battle gangsters trying to take over the family business and police trying to put him in prison.

    Unrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin (Robert Mitchum) makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon (Trevor Bardette), but won't let his younger brother Robin (James Mitchum) join the family business. Under pressure from both out-of-town gangster Kogan (Jacques Aubuchon), who wants a piece of the local action, and Treasury agent Barrett (Gene Barry), who wants to destroy the moonshine business, Luke fights for his fast-fading way of life.

    Photo credit: United Artists

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