White Lightning

Aug 6, 1973

1h 41m

★ 6.1

Meet the Bayou's baddest good ol' boy.

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Levy-Gardner-Laven

United Artists

White Lightning Trailers

Cast

Bobby "Gator" McKlusky

Burt Reynolds

Lou

Jennifer Billingsley

Sheriff J.C. Connors

Ned Beatty

Ray Boone

Bo Hopkins

Dude Watson

Matt Clark

Martha Culpepper

Louise Latham

Maggie

Diane Ladd

Big Bear

R.G. Armstrong

Deputy

Conlan Carter

Pa McKlusky

Dabbs Greer

Warden

Lincoln Demyan

Skeeter

John Steadman

16-year-old Hormoz is consoled by the prospect of hiring on at the strip mine as he is married off to 13-year-old Hendi. Alas, the young man finds the doors of opportunity shut tight. When Hendi becomes pregnant Hormoz enters into an ominous pact with a smuggler in order to ensure his family’s livelihood.

6.5

Middle Men

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0.0

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo

Invalid Date

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6.9

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

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6.2

Knight and Day

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A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.

6.7

Fire of Conscience

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A police detective must solve a brutal murder to prove his partner's innocence and unearth the truth behind Hong Kong's police force. The investigation brings him to an unlikely collaboration with an inspector from the Narcotics Bureau, whose motives may not be what they seem.

5.3

The Boat

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Lives are changed and friendships tested when two bottom-feeding smugglers are ordered to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy Korean businessman and bring her to Japan. The duo has sacrificed so much for their respective families - now is their big chance to get even with the system.

7.3

Athadu

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A hitman, Nandu, is hired to stage the assassination of a politician. However, when the politician is actually killed and Nandu is framed for the murder, he assumes a dead man's identity to evade the law.

5.6

A Better Tomorrow

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A former smuggler attempts to start his life anew and repair his relationship with his estranged brother after his release from prison.

5.4

Illegal Entry

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Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal meller Illegal Entry. Howard Duff, who later worked with DeCordova on the TV series Mr. Adams and Eve, stars as Bert Powers, an undercover agent for the U.S. Department of Immigration. While attempting to bring a vicious gang of alien smugglers to justice, Powers falls in love with Anna Duvak (Marta Toren), a gang member who is Not What She Seems.

7.2

Kites

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7.1

To Live and Die in L.A.

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When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.

6.7

Patriot Games

Jun 4, 1992

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

6.4

Darkman

Aug 24, 1990

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

5.2

On Deadly Ground

Feb 18, 1994

Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.

7.1

The Negotiator

Jul 29, 1998

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

7.6

Le Cercle Rouge

Oct 19, 1970

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

6.2

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

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Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.

8.0

Sanjuro

Jan 1, 1962

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.