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Thunder Road
Another car-heavy moonshine flick is 1958’s
Thunder Road. Starring Robert Mitchum as a Korean War
veteran that comes home to run his family’s moonshine business. He quickly gets in trouble with some big time gangsters. Few movies have done a better job making the connection between moonshining and brutally fast driving.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IccPoAKICXs
"Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode,
and he'd go by like they was standin' still on Thunder road"