Thunder Road (1958)

Name: Thunder Road
Director: Arthur Ripley
Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller
Released: 1958-05-10
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith

Crime Action Thriller

Director: Arthur Ripley

Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith

Runtime92 min

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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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Thunder Road (1958) is a crime, action, and thriller film directed by Arthur Ripley that has received mixed reviews from critics. While the film has not won any major awards, its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a moderately positive audience reception.

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Thunder Road is a 1958 American Southern Gothic road-thriller film noir directed by Arthur Ripley and written by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise, who based the screenplay on a story by Robert Mitchum. Mitchum based the story on an alleged incident that occurred in Knoxville, Tennessee involving a bootlegger transporting moonshine being pursued by law enforcement along a section of highway from Harlan, Kentucky to Knoxville known infamously as "Thunder Road."