The Moonshine War

Jun 30, 1970

1h 40m

★ 5.8

The 18th amendment prohibited drinking. It didn't say a word about killing, double-crossing or blowing things up.

Overview

A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Filmways Pictures

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Cast

Frank Long

Patrick McGoohan

Dr. Emmett Taulbee

Richard Widmark

John W. (Son) Martin

Alan Alda

Lizann Simpson

Melodie Johnson

Mr. Baylor

Will Geer

Aaron

Joe Williams

Miley Mitchell

Susanne Zenor

Dual Metters

Lee Hazlewood

Mr. Worthman

Max Showalter

Arley Stamper

Harry Carey, Jr.

Lowell

Tom Nolan

Boyd Caswell

Dick Peabody

Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want Little Junior Brown.

5.6

The Dukes of Hazzard

Aug 5, 2005

Cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, with the help of their eye-catching cousin, Daisy and moonshine-running Uncle Jesse, try and save the family farm from being destroyed by Hazzard County's corrupt commissioner, Boss Hogg. Their efforts constantly find the 'Duke Boys' eluding authorities in 'The General Lee', their 1969 orange Dodge Charger that keeps them one step ahead of the dimwitted antics of the small southern town's Sheriff, Roscoe P. Coltrane.

6.2

Thunder Road

May 10, 1958

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

6.1

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning

Mar 4, 2007

When mischievous teenaged cousins Bo and Luke Duke are arrested, both boys are paroled to the care of their Uncle Jesse in Hazzard, sentenced to a summer of hard work. It's not long before the Duke boys learn of Boss Hogg's plans to foreclose on Uncle Jesse's farm. Together, with help from their cousin Daisy, Bo and Luke vow to save the family's property and its storied history of producing the best moonshine in all of Hazzard.

5.7

Drop Zone

Dec 8, 1994

A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.

6.2

White Lightning

Aug 6, 1973

An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

4.1

Redneck Zombies

Feb 14, 1989

A barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still. Everybody who drinks from the liquor they produced turns into a zombie.

6.4

Bad Georgia Road

Jun 30, 1977

New York City woman inherits a moonshine farm in the South.

5.8

Behind the Mask

Feb 25, 1932

A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

6.2

The Bribe

Feb 3, 1949

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

7.5

Them Thar Hills

Jul 21, 1934

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.

0.0

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7.4

Bootleggers

Jan 8, 1962

This is the second silent (save for a song) slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. In a small hunting lodge three friends are making illegal moonshine. Bottled "product" fills shelves quickly. Life is good. But their dog Barbos doesn't understand that bringing a moonshine condenser coil to a police station is a bad idea...

6.9

Border Incident

Oct 28, 1949

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

4.5

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Oct 9, 1981

In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.

7.1

Lawless

Aug 29, 2012

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

6.0

Prison Train

Oct 17, 1938

Gangsters plan an assassination of a rival while he rides the train carrying him to prison.

4.9

Moonshine County Express

Jun 1, 1977

The three surviving daughters of a murdered moonshiner band together with a racecar driver to run high-test shine behind the corpulent backs of the local crime syndicate.

4.9

Thunder and Lightning

Aug 12, 1977

A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.