Thunder Road

IMDb link: 0052293
IMDb rating: 6.5 (5,164 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Arthur Ripley
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith and others

Release date: 10 May 1958
Release year: 1958
Runtime: 92 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: southern gothic, 1950s, mother son relationship, father son relationship, hixploitation, psychotronic film, teensploitation, car rollover, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, memphis tennessee

Plot:

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.

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