Whisky brutal

Originaltitel: The Moonshine War

1970
16
1 Std. 40 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy.A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy.A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy.

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The federal Volstead Act did not prohibit drinking alcohol. It prohibited manufacture, sale, transport, distribution and import/export. It was left to the states to make laws to prohibit possession and consumption. All the states did, but Nevada's was repealed on state constitutional grounds.

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(at around 1h 20 mins) Frank Long leaves payment for his room on the hotel registry. The top $1 bill is a modern "small size" Federal Reserve Note with a green seal. The first of such notes went into circulation in 1963, some 30 years after the movie's prohibition era, which ended in 1933. When small size US currency replaced "large size" currency in 1928, all $1 bills were silver certificates displaying dark blue seals and serial numbers.

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Mr. Baylor: If'n the law needs upholdin' in these parts, Mr. Frank Long, I uphold it, *I* take care of it.
Frank Long: You all confiscatin' whisky, Mr. Baylor?
Mr. Baylor: Well, I reckon you might say so - a swig at a time. Royce, give this ol' Long boy a sample of our white lightenin', will ya?
[Frank takes a swig]
Mr. Baylor: Right good stuff, huh, Mr. Long? Ah, it'd be a cryin' shame to throw that out in the ground just because some titless old women figure a feller oughtin' to drink that, wouldn't it? I'm askin' you now, wouldn't it?

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Featured in Shooting the Moonshine War (1970)

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Love Brings Love
Music by Neal Hefti
Lyrics by Hermine Hilton

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For a Few Gallons More

It's a damn shame this cheering slice of deep-friend southernsploitation fun seems to have slipped through the cracks of b-movie cinema for good. Adapted by Elmore Leonard from one of his books, this story, taking place during the end of Prohibition and two months before Roosevelt's election, of a gang of bootleggers led by a middle-aged Richard Widmark trying to get ahold of a large amount of whiskey stashed away by hillbilly Alan Alda, is as unassuming as it is riveting in its own pulpy way. Certain moments of distinctly Leonard-esquire badassitude, such as a scene where Widmark's top dog, played by songwriter Lee Hazlewood of all people, makes a couple strip in a cafe, is right up there with the 'ticket scene' in HOMBRE. Ex-film noir star with a prolific career behind him, Richard Widmark in the role of gang leader Dr. Emmett Taulbee seems to be having the time of his life, Patrick McGoohan is quite good in a role screaming for Warren Oates and Alan Alda is kind of lost in the general excitement. Nothing out of the ordinary here, just a solid, unpretentious, southern-flavoured b-movie, with a crackling script and some good performances, it would probably develop a cult following if it had a DVD release.