Another silly Roger Corman car chase movie, but it actually works thanks to its picturesque setting of the Florida Everglades. David Carradine again plays the heroic character who tries to stop a moonshining operation led by his girlfriend's father (Roger C. Carmel, who was wonderful in The Mothers-in-Law TV series) who's using the ruse to market it under the Honey Dew soda pop brand, apparently a favorite soft drink in the regional south. Of course, a series of car chases between the heroes, the crooks, as well as the local police eventually follow.
I've been in contact with William Hjortsberg (R. I. P), the writer of this film on Facebook a couple years ago and he admitted he was pretty proud of the finished film, as well as his first produced screenplay. It's just a shame most of the numerous scripts he wrote were never produced or sold.
Thunder and Lightning
1977
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Romance
Thunder and Lightning
1977
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Romance
Plot summary
A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.
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July 16, 2019 at 05:53 AM
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An exaggerated Smokey and the Bandit cash-in, but not very boring
Writer William Hjortsberg
The only point that seems worth adding here is that the writer William Hjortsberg later wrote the screenplay for Angel Heart filmed by Alan Parker in 1978 with Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke, based on Hjortsberg's novel Falling Angel.
Aside from this and the aforementioned air boat race and gator-wrestling church it was pretty much business as usual for David Carradine and Kate Jackson at the time.
I enjoyed it when it first came out, when there seemed to be car chase movies every week at the local flea pit (recently I was surprised to see just how few Carradine actually appeared in!)
A exaggerated Smokey and the Bandit cash-in, but not very boring
Another silly Roger Corman car chase movie, but it actually works thanks to its picturesque setting of the Florida Everglades. David Carradine again plays the heroic character who tries to stop a moonshining operation led by his girlfriend's father (Roger C. Carmel, who was wonderful in The Mothers-in-Law TV series) who's using the ruse to market it under the Honey Dew soda pop brand, apparently a favorite soft drink in the regional south. Of course, a series of car chases between the heroes, the crooks, as well as the local police eventually follow.
I've been in contact with William Hjortsberg (R. I. P), the writer of this film on Facebook a couple years ago and he admitted he was pretty proud of the finished film, as well as his first produced screenplay. It's just a shame most of the numerous scripts he wrote were never produced or sold.