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4.7/10   44 votes
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Director:
Burt Topper
Writers:
Larry Gordon (story)
Willard Huyck (writer)
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Release Date:
24 April 1970 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Thriller | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
The Eight... you'll love or hate! more
Plot:
A federal agent rounds up eight convicts to help fight a vicious moonshine gang. | add synopsis
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Moonshiners act tough. G-Man acts tougher. Usual result. more

Cast

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Christopher George ... Ray Faulkner
Fabian ... Sonny
Tom Nardini ... Billy Joe
Leslie Parrish ... Cissy
Ross Hagen ... Frank Davis

Cliff Osmond ... Bubba
Larry Bishop ... Chandler

Robert DoQui ... Henry Reed

Ron Rifkin ... Stewart Martin
Marjorie Dayne ... Hailie
Lada Edmund Jr. ... Inez
Ralph Meeker ... Burl
Baynes Barron ... Bureau Chief

Roy Thiel ... Guard
R.L. Armstrong ... Charley (as Tex Armstrong)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Moonshiners act tough. G-Man acts tougher. Usual result., 9 July 2006
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Author: revtg001 from United States

A moonshine movie is a moonshine movie. Everybody did one. Robert Mitchum. James Stewart. Richard Widmark. This one is a non-stop action piece of fluff. Really good light entertainment. Ralph Meeker is so relaxed in his role as the pin-up poster boy for moonshiners everywhere you can almost believe it. And Cliff Osmend, great actor and screen writer, plays his usual light comedy big dumb oaf. All the rest of the cast, except for Fabien, were unknown at the time.

Agent George answers his car phone (mark of a really important man back then) and his hot date is interrupted by an urgent call. He has to move now to break up a big moonshine syndicate. He recruits 8 guys doing hard time. Their reward, lots of time off. They set up a military style training camp, become commandos, infiltrate Meeker's gang and locate the down home whiskey world. Instead of a chase scene they invade with firebombs, hand grenades, sub-machine guns and much macho heroism. Many die. Truth, justice and the American way are made safe for the bonded whiskey warehouses. Fun to watch. A six-pack helps. Fun to watch a second time. Like an old western with many saloon me-lees.

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