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Actors: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jim Mitchum, Keely Smith
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Thunder Road |
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"Thunder Road" (1958) is one of the greatest "road" (and "guy") movies ever. Legendary Robert Mitchum plays Luke Doolan, a fearless driver who runs Kentucky moonshine to Appalachian "markets." Fighting both the law ("revenooers") and deadly extortionists, the mountain folk unite to maintain their way of life.
Recently back from Korean War, Doolan developed both an appreciation for his family's unchanging (but illegal)way of life, as well as a recklessness which increases his reputation as the best of the local moonshine "drivers." Because of mob and government threats to his family business, he is very protective of his younger brother (played by his son), and resistant to the women who love him.
--Angry Jim Magin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Thunder Road |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
- gang conflict
- stolen goods organization
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals portrayed sympathetically on the run
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- very skinny (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Specific kind of enemies?
- big business interests
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- mission to destroy something
- karate chop
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- frying (electrocuted)
- flamed
- drowned
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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