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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
US Box Office: $0
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
Reviews for White Lightning
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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