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White Lightning (1973)

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Reviews Counted:5

Fresh:4

Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Burt Reynolds plays a convict who makes a deal with the government to help them nab the crooked sheriff who killed his brother. Great action scenes. Followed by the sequel GATOR.

Starring: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jennifer Billingsley, Bo Hopkins

Director: Joseph Sargent

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Jul 15, 2003

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06/23/08

Variety

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The film has plenty of rip-roaring car chases (Hal Needham was the stunt coordinator), but it also has genuine emotion, in the pain and anger the hero feels over the loss of his brother and in the incidental reactions and attitudes of almost every support

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06/15/07

Douglas Pratt

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01/26/06

Time Out

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Burt, moonshine, car chases. What's not to like?

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10/08/05

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

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08/11/05

Emanuel Levy

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07/08/05

Philip Martin

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05/09/05

New York Times

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The quintessential "good ol' boy" picture.

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08/17/01

Scott Von Doviak

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