Movie
White Lightning
Overview
An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-08-06
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Levy-Gardner-Laven, United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Burt Reynolds as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
- Jennifer Billingsley as Lou
- Ned Beatty as Sheriff J.C. Connors
- Bo Hopkins as Ray Boone
- Matt Clark as Dude Watson
- Louise Latham as Martha Culpepper
- Diane Ladd as Maggie
- R.G. Armstrong as Big Bear
- Conlan Carter as Deputy
- Dabbs Greer as Pa McKlusky
- Lincoln Demyan as Warden
- John Steadman as Skeeter
Crew
- Joseph Sargent - Director
- William W. Norton - Writer
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