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Thunder Road (1958) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Arthur Ripley and produced by Robert Mitchum and Arthur Ripley.

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Thunder Road (2018, Jim Cummings)

By Andrew Wickliffe on May 19, 2019 From The Stop Button

Writer, director, and star Cummings has really long takes in Thunder Road. Usually of himself. The film opens with Cummings breaking down giving the eulogy at his mother?s funeral service, which kicks off his life going downhill. Not his mother dying, but the funeral service breakdown. Cummings alre... Read full article


Thunder Road (2018, Jim Cummings)

By Andrew Wickliffe on May 19, 2019 From The Stop Button

Writer, director, and star Cummings has really long takes in Thunder Road. Usually of himself. The film opens with Cummings breaking down giving the eulogy at his mother?s funeral service, which kicks off his life going downhill. Not his mother dying, but the funeral service breakdown. Cummings alre... Read full article


Thunder Road (2018, Jim Cummings)

on May 19, 2019 From The Stop Button

Writer, director, and star Cummings has really long takes in Thunder Road. Usually of himself. The film opens with Cummings breaking down giving the eulogy at his mother?s funeral service, which kicks off his life going downhill. Not his mother dying, but the funeral service breakdown. Cummings alre... Read full article


Thunder Road (2018, Jim Cummings)

on May 19, 2019 From The Stop Button

Writer, director, and star Cummings has really long takes in Thunder Road. Usually of himself. The film opens with Cummings breaking down giving the eulogy at his mother?s funeral service, which kicks off his life going downhill. Not his mother dying, but the funeral service breakdown. Cummings alre... Read full article


James Mitchum in Thunder Road (1958)

By Google profile on Apr 19, 2010 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Robert Mithcum's oldest son, James Mitchum, had a difficult time developing a career as an actor. It didn't help that he looked so much like his father who at that point had a very recogni... Read full article


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Quotes from

Lucas Doolin: [talking on pay telephone] Hello, Kogan?... Doolin.
Carl Kogan: What's on your mind, Mr. Doolin?
Lucas Doolin: You. You're on my mind. You finally made the big mistake tonight, Kogan. Niles Penland was a mistake... Jethro Moultrie and Williams - that was a mistake, that was a big mistake, a bad mistake, but tonight you made the *big* mistake. You put your dirty, fat hands on my kid brother. I swore I'd *kill* anybody who tried to make him a whisky runner. I'm on my way into Memphis right now, and when I get there you're gonna find out that I meant *exactly* what I said.


Lucas Doolin: [to a noisy customer, about the nightclub's singer] She's trying to make a living. If you want to bray, go find yourself a barnyard.


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Facts about

Film debut of Peter Breck.
The 1950 Ford that Robert Mitchum drives in the beginning is actually a 1951 Ford with a 1950 grille, and the chrome windsplits removed. The give-away: the V-8 emblems, the "Ford Custom" emblems on the front fenders, the dashboard, and steering wheel.
The role of Robin was offered to Elvis Presley, who was very interested, but the idea was nixed by Presley's manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker, who demanded more money for Presley's services than the producers were willing to spend.
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