Thunder Road

Thunder Road

1958 · 92 min · EN · NR · 6.1 (62 votes)
Dir. Arthur Ripley · Starring Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith, Trevor Bardette, Sandra Knight · Music Jack Marshall

“More Savage Than The Tommy-Gun Massacre of the Roaring Twenties...TODAY'S BILLION-DOLLAR WHISKEY WAR!”

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

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A smoky, sun-drenched ode to a fading way of life. It’s the smell of gasoline and cheap whiskey, the roar of an engine, and the quiet desperation of a man on the run. Pure, unadulterated cool with a heavy dose of danger.

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