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Thunder Road

More Savage Than The Tommy-Gun Massacre of the Roaring Twenties...TODAY'S BILLION-DOLLAR WHISKEY WAR!

6.1(62)19581h 32m5

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

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Status
Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • bootlegger
  • war veteran
  • car mechanic
  • hot rod
  • on the run
  • black and white
  • moonshine
  • nightclub singer

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR10 May 1958
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU10 May 1958
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1523 Nov 1959
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical161 Aug 1958

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Thunder Road was released on 10 May 1958.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    5/25/2023

    6/10

    "Doolin" (Robert Mitchum) returns from war to find a city hoodlum "Kogan" (Jacques Aubuchon) trying to muscle in on their family moonshine business. His return also doesn't go unnoticed by the local police (Gene Barry) and so he hasn't his problems to seek. Though the story here isn't really up to much, the film has a distinctly stylish look to it. Mitchum looks at ease with the part - and it's strange the scenes he …

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