Moonrunners

Moonrunners is an American movie from 1975, which is often seen as a forerunner of the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. This is because the film contains an almost similar story, with a few other characters. The film was written and directed by Gy Waldron, who the story based on the life and stories of Jerry Rushing. It was directed by James Mitchum, Kiel Martin and Arthur Hunnicutt.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The story is told by a Balladeer, and revolves around the cousins Grady and Bobby Lee Hagg. The two running for their uncle Jesse a prohibition in Shiloh County. Bobby is a shrewd trader, named after Robert e. Lee. Grady is a laconic "Romeo" who does to stock carraces. He has his own stock car called the Traveler. Jesse is a baptist, who knows the Bible better than many a priest. He is a widower since the death of his wife Libby. He makes spirits according to a recipe of his great-great-grandfather. His only client is a friend, who runs a local bar.
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 * 4 Trivia
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At the start of the film, Bobby Lee picked up because of a brawl in a bar called boar's Nest. On the way home he picks up a woman named Beth Ann Eubanks, who is on the run from problems in her family. Jesse takes her in the House. The cousins decide to take her to a race. There they meet some other racers including good ol' boy Zeebo, and his helper Cooter Pettigrew.

In the course of the film, it becomes clear that the side not on too best footing with the county commissioner Jake Rainey. Rainey is an old friend of Jesse, with whom he once smuggled liquor during the prohibition. Jake now runs all other liquor trade in the county, and would like that of Jesse also have. Jesse refuses all offers there he knows that Rainey will dilute his drink with other beverages of inferior quality. To Jesse to sell to force the local sheriff, Rosco Coltrane, Rainey leaves the side settled the make life difficult. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background[ Edit] == Moonrunners was recorded in the fall of 1973. The film was shot in Williamson and Haralson, Georgia. Many of the original film locations are strongly adapted since the production. The race was included on the West Atlanta Raceway.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Actor Ben Jones, who plays the role of The Dukes of Hazzard Cooter, has a role in the film as a COP named Fred. In the film comes a character called Virgil, equal to Cooter in the series.

<p lang="en" len="45" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the film are the following numbers to hear:

==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">James Mitchum is the son of actor Robert Mitchum. They played together in the now cult classic the brothers Doolin film Thunder Road (1958), in which the illegal smuggling of ' Moonshine ' with souped-up and custom cars the context of the story is.
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 * "Today is Mine" by Jerry Reed
 * "Lightning Rod" by Jerry Reed
 * "Whiskey Man" by Lee Clayton