Moonshine Highway

Moonshine Highway is a 1996 American thriller-drama made-for-TV-movie written, produced, and directed by Andy Armstrong. It stars Kyle MacLachlan, Randy Quaid, and Maria del Mar. It was broadcast in the United States by Showtime on 5 May 1996.

Moonshine Highway
Directed byAndy Armstrong
Produced by
  • Andy Armstrong
  • Becky Arntzen
  • Chris Danton
Written byAndy Armstrong
Starring
Music bySteve Dorff
CinematographyRichard Quinlan
Edited byPatrick McMahon
Production
company
Distributed byShowtime
Release date
  • 5 May 1996 (1996-05-05)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

Production

Moonshine Highway was filmed in Ontario, Canada: in Markham; Mississauga; New Tecumseth; Pickering; Scarborough; Toronto; and Whitchurch-Stouffville.

Home media

It was first released on videotape on 6 August 1996. It later was released on DVD in Argentina in May 2008.

See also

References
  1. 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.
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