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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

Starring: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jennifer Billingsley, Bo Hopkins, Diane Ladd, R.G. Armstrong, Conlan Carter, Dabbs Greer

Director: Joseph Sargent

Director: Joseph Sargent
Producer: Arthur Gardner
Composer: Charles Bernstein

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Jul 15, 2003

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Mono - English
  • Mono - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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

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The quintessential "good ol' boy" picture.

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