This article is about the 1975 motion picture. For the role-playing game, see Moonrunner.
Moonrunners
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Gy Waldron
Written by
Gy Waldron
Produced by
Robert B. Clark
Starring
James Mitchum Kiel Martin Arthur Hunnicutt Chris Forbes
Narrated by
Waylon Jennings
Cinematography
Brian W. Roy
Edited by
William Chulack Avrum Fine
Music by
Waylon Jennings
Distributed by
United Artists
Release date
May 14, 1975 (1975-05-14)
Running time
110 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Moonrunners is a 1975 action comedy film starring James Mitchum, about a Southern family who runs bootleg liquor. It was reworked four years later into the popular long-running television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and the two productions share some similarities. Mitchum had co-starred with his father, Robert Mitchum, in the similar drive-in favorite Thunder Road 18 years earlier, which also focused upon moonshine-running bootleggers using fast cars to elude federal agents. Moonrunners, a B movie, was filmed in 1973 and awaited release for over a year. Its soundtrack reflects the outlaw music boom of the 1970s during which the film was released.
The film was written and directed by Gy Waldron and is based on the life and stories of ex-moonshiner Jerry Rushing, who has a small role in the movie as a heavy at the Boar's Nest bar. It is listed in the book The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time.[1]
^Crosse, Jesse (2006). The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time. MotorBooks International. p. 60.
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