
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussBruce Springsteen borrowed its title and Burt Reynolds appropriated its anti-'revenooer' appeal, but just shy of its 60th anniversary, 'Thunder Road' remains very much the property of its actor-as-auteur leading man, Robert Mitchum. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe definitive road movie (1958), the well from which all the genre’s subsequent blessings flow. |
| Portland OregonianTed MaharCheaply made, disreputable, and blatantly anti-authority, it's a winner all the way, what with a stunningly laconic performance from Mitchum, white-hot night-time road scenes, and an affectionate but unsentimental vision of backwoods America rarely seen in cinema to this day. |
| Austin ChronicleMike EmeryThis film no doubt planted the seeds for more good ol' boy action pics (White Lightning, Smokey and the Bandit), but while many of those vehicles relied solely on high-speed hijinks, Mitchum's story and charismatic screen presence make Thunder Road a ride to remember. |
| Slant MagazineNick SchagerSouthern drive-in staple Thunder Road is basically The Robert Mitchum Show. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceThe world of moonshine transporters is keyed to Mitchum's fatalist-hobo wryness |
| User ReviewTeresa SRobert Mitchim, what else is there to say? |
| User ReviewEvan CClassic car movie. Features a 1940 deluxe coupe |
| User Reviewsean hJaw hit the floor watching this drive-in classic |
| User ReviewJo YFast cars...good movie.Love Robert Mitchum... |