[PAR] [TLE] Moonrunners [SEP] Moonrunners is a 1975 film, starring James Mitchum, about a Southern family that runs bootleg liquor.  It was reworked four years later into the popular long-running television series "The Dukes of Hazzard", and as such the two productions share many similar concepts.  Mitchum had co-starred with his father, Robert Mitchum, in the similar drive-in favorite "Thunder Road" eighteen years earlier, which also focused upon moonshine-running bootleggers using fast cars to elude federal agents.  "Moonrunners", a B movie, was filmed in 1973 and awaited release for over a year.  Its soundtrack reflects the outlaw music boom of the 1970s during which the film was released. [PAR] [TLE] Thunder Road (film) [SEP] Thunder Road is a black and white 1958 drama–crime film about running moonshine in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee in the late 1950s.  It was directed by Arthur Ripley and starred Robert Mitchum, who also produced the film, co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself.  He also co-wrote (with Don Raye) the theme song, "The Ballad of Thunder Road".
[PAR] [TLE] Moonrunners [ SEP ] Moonrunners is a 1975 film , starring James Mitchum , about a Southern family that runs bootleg liquor . It was reworked four years later into the popular long - running television series " The Dukes of Hazzard " , and as such the two productions share many similar concepts . Mitchum had co - starred with his father , Robert Mitchum , in the similar drive - in favorite " Thunder Road " eighteen years earlier , which also focused upon moonshine - running bootleggers using fast cars to elude federal agents . " Moonrunners " , a B movie , was filmed in 1973 and awaited release for over a year . Its soundtrack reflects the outlaw music boom of the 1970s during which the film was released . [PAR] [TLE] Thunder Road ( film ) [ SEP ] Thunder Road is a black and white 1958 drama – crime film about running moonshine in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee in the late 1950s . It was directed by Arthur Ripley and starred Robert Mitchum , who also produced the film , co - wrote the screenplay , and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself . He also co - wrote ( with Don Raye ) the theme song , " The Ballad of Thunder Road " .
What Moonrunners father co-wrote the theme song to Thunder Road?
What Moonrunners father co - wrote the theme song to Thunder Road ?
James Mitchum
James Mitchum