Moonshine Highway
Moonshine Highway | |
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Directed by | |
Written by | Andy Armstrong |
Produced by |
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Music by | Steve Dorff |
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Distributed by | Showtime |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Moonshine Highway is a 1996 American thriller-drama made-for-TV-movie written, produced, and directed by . It stars Kyle MacLachlan, Randy Quaid, and Maria del Mar. It was broadcast in the United States by Showtime on 5 May 1996.
The film has been described as a recent example in a tradition of popular cultural depictions of moonshiners as "noble renegades" of the backwoods South (also found in 1958's Thunder Road).[1]
Plot[]
Set in the 1950s, in backcountry Tennessee, the story focuses on Jed Muldoon (Kyle MacLachlan), a World War II veteran who smuggles illegal corn whiskey in his modified Lincoln.
Muldoon is having an affair with Ethel Miller (Maria del Mar), whose husband is the corrupt, local sheriff Wendell Miller (Randy Quaid). Sheriff Miller is under pressure from federal agent Bill Rickman (Alex Carter) to arrest the moonshiners.
Cast[]
- Kyle MacLachlan as Jed Muldoon
- Randy Quaid as Sheriff Miller
- Maria del Mar as Ethel Miller
- Alex Carter as Bill Rickman
- Gary Farmer as Hooch Wilson
- Jeremy Ratchford as Dwayne Dayton
- Les Carlson as Pappy
- as Clancy Clayton
- as Claude Clayton
- Michael Copeman as Ol Man Clayton
- as Haywood Possum
- Rick Roberts as Travis Saunders
- Lori Hallier as Rose
- as Waitress Lorna
- as Moody
- Doug Lennox as Parker
- David Cronenberg as Clem Clayton
- Beau Starr as Dale Lister
- as Bill Meyers
- Stuart Hughes as Stopwatch Man
- as Ned the Barman
- as Deputy Clyde
- as Deputy #2
- Jason Deline as Grocery Boy (uncredited)
Production[]
Moonshine Highway was filmed in Ontario, Canada: in Markham; Mississauga; New Tecumseth; Pickering; Scarborough; Toronto; and Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Home media[]
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It was first released on videotape on 6 August 1996. It later was released on DVD in Argentina in May 2008.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Howell, Mark D. (1997). From Moonshine to Madison Avenue: A Cultural History of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 117. ISBN 0879727403. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
External links[]
- Moonshine Highway at IMDb
- Moonshine Highway at Rotten Tomatoes
- Moonshine Highway at TV Guide
- Moonshine Highway trailer on YouTube
- 1996 films
- English-language films
- 1996 television films
- 1990s crime drama films
- 1996 crime thriller films
- American television films
- American crime drama films
- American films
- American crime thriller films
- Adultery in films
- Films about automobiles
- American chase films
- Films scored by Steve Dorff
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films set in Tennessee
- Films set in Appalachia
- Films shot in Toronto
- 1990s English-language films
- Showtime (TV network) original programming
- 1996 drama films
- Thriller film stubs