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22 October 1973 (Sweden) moreTagline:
If You Haven't Seen "White Lightning" You Haven't Seen Burt Reynolds morePlot:
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’ Gets A Soundtrack (From MTV Movies Blog. 15 May 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)
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Knowing About Where it Was Filmed moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Burt Reynolds | ... | Gator McKlusky |
 | Jennifer Billingsley | ... | Lou |
 | Ned Beatty | ... | Sheriff J.C. Connors |
| Bo Hopkins | ... | Roy Boone |
| Matt Clark | ... | Dude Watson |
| Louise Latham | ... | Martha Culpepper |
 | Diane Ladd | ... | Maggie (as Diane Lad) |
| R.G. Armstrong | ... | Big Bear |
| Conlan Carter | ... | Deputy |
| Dabbs Greer | ... | Pa McKlusky |
| Lincoln Demyan | ... | Warden |
| John Steadman | ... | Skeeter |
| Iris Korn | ... | Ma McKlusky |
| Stephanie Burchfield | ... | Jenny |
| Barbara Muller | ... | Louella |
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This was originally slated to be Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature and he spent months on pre-production. moreGoofs:
Miscellaneous: There are several shots of Gators '71 Ford that show a stock front clip. Then there are some that show the left headlights covered in tape and a steel bracket that runs along the front bumper. moreFAQ
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Being an old movie, when I first saw 'White Lightning' with Burt Reynolds, I thought it would be a little hard to pay attention to, considering I'm used to the movies of today. It was knowing personally about where it was filmed that made me interested to see it.
Filmed partly at the Tucker Penitentiary in Tucker, Arkansas, with a few of the correctional officers who worked there at the time as extras, was easy for me to see when I was hired at the Tucker Unit by the assistant warden. The grounds are the same and the prison itself has only been improved a bit. The barracks in which a scene of Reynolds was filmed are still there, as are the guard towers and even one of the officers who was an extra.
Overall, it was an excellent movie and Burt Reynolds had established himself as a Southern star.