Son Martin makes moonshine whiskey, owning and operating a profitable still in Prohibition-era Kentucky. One day, he gets a visit from an old Army acquaintance, Frank Long, who is now an Internal Revenue agent. Long is willing to look the other way in exchange for a percentage of Son's business. But when he is unable to persuade Son to cut him in on the profits or even reveal where the moonshine is hidden, Long sends for the dangerous Dr. Taulbee, who uses more violent methods in getting what he wants. (Wikipedia)
The Moonshine War
The Run Down.
Release Year: 1970
Source: Novel and Screenplay ( The Moonshine War)
Director: Richard Quine
Written by: Elmore Leonard
Production: Warner Bros.
Starring: Alan Alda, Richard Widmark
Runtime: 100 Minutes
Adapted by Elmore Leonard from his novel, “The Moonshine War” was directed for dark comedy by Richard Quine, a minor auteur described by Andrew Sarris in “The American Cinema” as “an inoffensive imitator of his betters.”
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