Moonrunners (1975)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Gy Waldron

Writer:

Gy Waldron (writer)

Release Date:

14 May 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

You take a load of 200 proof corn liquor through a Georgia roadblock at 100 miles an hour and if you ain't a dead man, you're a moonrunner.

Plot:

Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters. |

Cast

James Mitchum	...	Grady Hagg
Kiel Martin	...	Bobby Lee Hagg
Arthur Hunnicutt	...	Uncle Jesse Hagg
Chris Forbes	...	Beth Ann Eubanks
George Ellis	...	Jake Rainey, Bootlegger
Pete Munro	...	Zeebo, Bootlegger
Joan Blackman	...	Reba Rainey
Waylon Jennings	...	The Balladeer
Ralph Mooney	...	Steel guitar and drums
Don Brooks	...	Harmonica
Fred Newell	...	Himself - Lead guitar / banjo
Larry Whitemore	...	Rhythm guitar
Duke Goff	...	Bass guitar
Richie Albright	...	Percussion
Elaine 'Spanky' McFarlane	...	Precious, Jake Rainey's bartender (as Spanky McFarlan)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Griffin, Georgia, USA

Company:

Moonrunner

Trivia:

Bobby Lee drives a 1970 Plymouth fury, Grady and Bobby Lee's stock car is a 1955 Chevy.

Goofs:

Continuity: The damage on Bobby Lee's fury changes between shots, and at one point it goes from an automatic to a manual and back again.

Quotes:

Grady: I do all of his heavy work. The artiste has to protect his hands.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Collier & Co. (2006)

Soundtrack:

Today Is Mine

This is the movie that the great "Dukes Of Hazard" was based on

This is one of my favorite movies of all time for 2 reasons. First it is my favorite because it is the bases that got the great T.V. show The DUKES OF HAZARD started. Also a lot of people don't know that this movie and The DUKES OF HAZARD was based on the real life of Jerry Rushing who played in MOONRUNNERS and also had a part in THE DUKES OF HAZARD as the used car salesmen "ACE PARKER". I think we owe a very large "THANK YOU" to this man because without his input from his real life history of him and his brother neither MOONRUNNERS nor THE DUKES OF HAZARD would ever exist for all of us to enjoy. I know all of this to be true because he is a very close friend of mine. He is a great man,a great actor with many films, and a great friend.