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6.7/10   1,169 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Robert Mitchum (story)
James Atlee Phillips (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
10 May 1958 (USA) more
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Tagline:
YOU'LL NEED SHOCK ABSORBERS! (original ad - all caps) more
Plot:
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business... more | full synopsis
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User Comments:
Loved Those Cars And Chase Scenes more (51 total)

Cast

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Robert Mitchum ... Lucas Doolin
Gene Barry ... Troy Barrett, Treasury Agent

Jacques Aubuchon ... Carl Kogan
Keely Smith ... Francie Wymore
Trevor Bardette ... Vernon Doolin
Sandra Knight ... Roxanna Ledbetter
James Mitchum ... Robin Doolin
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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #18919) (original rating) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1975) | Norway:16 | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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The 1950 Ford that Robert Mitchum drives in the beginning is actually a 1951 Ford with a 1950 grille, and the chrome windsplits removed. The give-away: the V-8 emblems, the "Ford Custom" emblems on the front fenders, the dashboard, and steering wheel. more
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Continuity: When Luke and Francie are sitting on a sofa, he has his right arm around her shoulder. In close-up her right hand is up, caressing his hand; after the cut to mid-shot, her right hand is holding a drink. more
Quotes:
Lucas Doolin: [talking on pay telephone] Hello, Kogan?... Doolin.
Carl Kogan: What's on your mind, Mr. Doolin?
Lucas Doolin: You. You're on my mind. You finally made the big mistake tonight, Kogan. Niles Penland was a mistake... Jethro Moultrie and Williams - that was a mistake, that was a big mistake, a bad mistake, but tonight you made the *big* mistake. You put your dirty, fat hands on my kid brother. I swore I'd *kill* anybody who tried to make him a whisky runner. I'm on my way into Memphis right now, and when I get there you're gonna find out that I meant *exactly* what I said.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Species (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Ballad of Thunder Road more

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Loved Those Cars And Chase Scenes, 28 August 2006
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Someone one here labeled this film "hillybilly film noir." I think that's a great description of this movie. This is about the good 'ole boys racing their souped- up '50s Fords around country roads, running moonshine and trying to evade both cops and gangsters. In fact, I wish they had more of those chase scenes because, even with primitive special-effects, they were fun to watch. The ending chase would have been longer, if I had my way.

Mitchum is fun to watch in here, too. He just looked like a rugged guy, a "man's man," as they say. His kid brother Jim made his film debut in here and wasn't bad for a beginner. He and another beginner, singer Keely Smith, are a bit wooden but passable as actors. Keely also had an interesting face.

I think this is one of those films that gets better with each viewing. Highly recommended.

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