The Moonshine War is a movie directed by Richard Quine in 1970 and based on the book of the same name by Elmore Leonard, first published in 1969. The movie features Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, Melodie Johnson, Will Geer, Joe Williams, and others.
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Storyline
John Son Martin owns and operates a profitable still, making moonshine whiskey in Prohibition-era Kentucky. One day, he gets a visit from an old Army acquaintance, Frank Long, who is now an Internal Revenue agent. When Frank is unable to persuade Son to cut him in on the profits, he calls in the dangerous Dr. Emmett Taulbee, who uses more violent methods in getting what he wants.
Movie vs Book
Year
1970
Minutes
100
Movie Rate
5.90
Source: IMDb
Year
1969
Pages
224
Book Rate
7.70
S: Goodreads
Book
The Moonshine War
Author: Elmore Leonard
Country: USA
First published in: 1969
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“Making the book into a television show makes it feel so much more real and so much more like a real rock documentary.”
TAYLOR JENKINS REID (Writer)
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