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The Moonshine War is a 1970 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Richard Quine, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. It stars Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, and Will Geer.
Nov 20, 1970 · The Moonshine War: Directed by Richard Quine. With Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, Melodie Johnson. 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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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Richard Quine
- 1970-11-20
In Elmore Leonard's 1969 novel The Moonshine War, he chronicles those final days of Prohibition and the scramble for bootleggers to make money while demand for illegal booze is still high. A year after its release, Leonard wrote the adapted screenplay for his story for The Moonshine War (1970), directed by Richard Quine.
- Richard Quine, Dick Crockett, Mickey Mccardle
- Patrick Mcgoohan
Aug 21, 2014 · Long’s crooked gambit sets in motion the exploitation-pic guilty pleasures and vicious death dealing of The Moonshine War, scripted by Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty) from his novel. Alan Alda (M...
- 3 min
- 7.4K
- Warner Bros.
It takes place in the hills of Kentucky where a Federal Agent (Patrick McGoohan) and a sinister bootlegger (Richard Widmark) have arrived to intimidate a local bootlegger into giving them his legendary supply of moonshine whiskey, by deadly force if necessary.
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- Filmways Pictures
- Richard Quine
The Moonshine War (1970) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In Prohibition-era Kentucky, Internal Revenue agent Frank Long figures he could make a dishonest buck by squeezing the moonshine producers. First, he targets an old army buddy, John Martin aka Son, and demands a cut of the moonshine profits in exchange for looking the other way.
