Thunder road 1958 has one of the most interesting backstories of all the films robert mitchum made in his long career as an actor. However, some of the scenes take place in memphis, tn. Robert mitchum, wrote the story thunder road, was the executive producer of the movie, played its lead character, and even wrote the theme song for the film. While in other markets thunder road had the typical lifespan of a midsized film of the period in toronto it had a modest debut at the late lamented uptown theatre on june 28, 1958, returned for a short run at the savoy in early october and was airing regularly on tv by 1963, at southern venues like those belonging to the cline family the. Thunder road full english full movie thunder road full full movie, thunder road full full movie streaming thunder road full movie engsub watch thunder road full english full movie online thunder. With don raye, mitchum cowrote the theme song, the ballad of thunder road. Thunder road 1958 full movie download full hd youtube. Up for sale is a collectible vintage lobby card 11x14, from block buster movie thunder road starring robert mitchum. Thunder road, a 1980s canadian band led by david thompson. Thunder road, which was first released to the theatres in 1958, was one of those pet projects by a major network star. If you can accept that, however, thunder road is an impressive onemanshow. However this is were thunder road really begins to shine. Korean war veteran lucas doolin mitchum runs moonshine across the mountain back roads, dodging the law and the lawless alike.
Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Thunder road the first muscle car movie old car memories. Its not as dramatic as perhaps the one for out of the past 1947 which starts with a plane crash, but its still full of juicy bits of. Thunder road was filmed in and around asheville, nc. In one of the memphis scenes, robert mitchum pays a visit to the mob boss kogan who is trying to horn in on his familys moonshine business. Several of the chase scenes in this moonshine running film were on us 129 and many of the downtown scenes were shot in asheville. He wrote the original story, produced the film, and starred in it.
The films plot concerns running moonshine in the mountains of kentucky and tennessee in the late 1950s. Thunder road, a 2001 song by judas priest from point of entry. Thunder road is a black and white 1958 dramacrime film directed by arthur ripley and starring robert mitchum, who also produced the film and cowrote the screenplay. A veteran comes home from the korean war to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. Thunder road is an outstanding film and occupies an interesting place in mitchums evolution as an actor. Being obsessed with this movie, i have done extreme amounts of research on thunder road and talked with older locals in asheville and have verified many locations where it was filmed in asheville and weaverville and have recent photos to prove it. I never could decide if the robert mtichum character was wise or foolish, you know.
A video i cut together with car chase scenes from the 1958 robert mitchum movie, thunder road. It is a compelling and believable look at the moonshinerunning culture of the appalachian mountains, pitting moonshiners not only against alcohol, tax, and firearms atf agents and state authorities but, as well, against organized crime seeking to control the trade for their own ends. Thunder road locations thunder road 1958 discussion. As this flick is nearly 60 years old, be prepared to cut it some slack. Thunder road 1958 one of the alltime great drivein movies and probably the best film youll ever see about tennessee moonshiners and their midnight runners, thunder road 1958 is an impressive achievement for robert mitchum. The film shares something of its heros selfinvolvement. The legendary robert mitchum roars down the hottest highway on earth in the actionpacked thunder road, a cult classic that moves like white lightning. He has to battle bigcity gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison. Robert mitchum sings the ballad of thunder road youtube. The ballad of thunder road, a 1957 song cowritten and performed by robert mitchum for the 1958 film. Thunder road is one of those movie that if you see at a certain time in your life, you never ever forget it. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup.
Doolin is forced to buy a new runner car which is a 1957 ford fairlane. The first was thunder road in 1958 starring robert mitchum. Now you can watch full thunder road in best video format with duration 92 min and was published in 1958 0510 with mpaa rating is 3 original title. Now you can watch full thunder road in best video format with duration 92 min and was published in 19580510 with mpaa rating is 3 original title. This is very significant since the movie was filmed in 1957 seven years before the introduction of the 1964 pontiac gto, which officially started the muscle car craze. Robert mitchums 1958 film thunder road created a bigger footprint on pop culture consciousness than its box office success suggests. Luke robert mitchum, dining with brother robin mitchums son james, whos knocked clean out of his chair by mother francis koon, then off to visit bootlegger father trevor bardette, early in thunder road, 1958 view the tcmdb entry for thunder road 1958. Mitchum recorded the song in 1958 to go along with the movie. Tail of the dragon movies tail of the dragon at deals gap. Thunder road, american crimedrama film, released in 1958, that is a cult classic notable for its numerous car chases and robert mitchums performance. Thunder road international speedbowl, a shorttrack speedway in barre, vermont. Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir. Shop thunder road 2 discs bluraydvd 1958 at best buy. Robert charles durman mitchum august 6, 1917 july 1, 1997 was an american film actor and singer.
The title of the movie and ballad came from one of the lines in the song. The background music track is a theme song for the movie, written and sung by robert mitchum though. Robert mitchum and gene barry in thunder road 1958. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters.
When i think of thunder road i think first of robert mitchums iconic 1958 movie and then of the theme song from the 1958 movie which, as the entry states, mitchum didnt sing in the movie but recorded for capitol records which released it as a single. The ballad of thunder road is a song performed and cowritten by actor robert mitchum in 1957, with music by composer jack marshall. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. With government agents and gangsters closing in on the operation, it seems the county may run drybut the untamed. The song said, his daddy made the whiskey, his son drove the load, and when his engine roared, they called the highway thunder road. How thunder road became a southernfried cult phenom. Mitchum played a korean war veteran who returns to the tennessee hills to run his familys moonshine business. Thunder road is a story about rebellion, and the defying of the powers that be. With robert mitchum, gene barry, jacques aubuchon, keely smith. His father, vernon trevor bardette, runs the still and heads the family, while lucas handles the driving and transporting of the moonshine mostly to memphis, and his younger brother.
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