Moonrunners
1975 film by Gy Waldron / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Moonrunners is a 1975 action comedy film starring James Mitchum, about a Southern family who runs bootleg liquor. It was reworked four years later into the popular long-running television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and the two productions share some similarities. Mitchum had co-starred with his father, Robert Mitchum, in the similar drive-in favorite Thunder Road 18 years earlier, which also focused upon moonshine-running bootleggers using fast cars to elude federal agents. Moonrunners, a B movie, was filmed in 1973 and awaited release for over a year. Its soundtrack reflects the outlaw music boom of the 1970s during which the film was released.
Moonrunners | |
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Directed by | Gy Waldron |
Written by | Gy Waldron |
Produced by | Robert B. Clark |
Starring | James Mitchum Kiel Martin Arthur Hunnicutt Chris Forbes |
Narrated by | Waylon Jennings |
Cinematography | Brian W. Roy |
Edited by | William Chulack Avrum Fine |
Music by | Waylon Jennings |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film was written and directed by Gy Waldron and is based on the life and stories of ex-moonshiner Jerry Rushing, who has a small role in the movie as a heavy at the Boar's Nest bar. It is listed in the book The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time.[1]