asmith1420-560-11243 I've lived in Arkansas for a while and I always enjoy watching this Movie. My cousin Susie is one of the unwedded Mother's in the movie! She was an extra! She has a pic of Burt Holding her in his arms! This movie is as southern as iced tea and dirt roads in the summertime!

bkoganbing White Lightning is the first of two appearances Burt Reynolds made as Gator McKlusky, moonshiner with a mission. He's got a year to go on a rap for running illegal whiskey, but gets word of the death of his kid brother, arrested and later found drowned in a lake in another county. He decides to help the Feds get the corrupt good old boy sheriff who runs that county, Ned Beatty.Of course that means going against tradition that southern folks have about cooperating with revenuers. One of Beatty's sideline enterprises is a nice partnership with R.G. Armstrong who's a crazy sadistic old shiner from the piney woods.Beatty and Armstrong play a pair that was rapidly disappearing from the south because of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of the Sixties. They don't like the fact their world is changing one little bit. Long haired hippie types like Reynolds's brother apparently was, arouse their murderous ire as surely as Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney did.White Lightning did a respectable business in the red state area of the USA and certainly was a nice boost to Burt Reynolds career. More than his fans will be pleased with it.

vchimpanzee My CW affiliate showed this movie a week after "Gator". I think they got it backwards, but maybe it was better I saw the more fun movie first. Not that this wasn't entertaining enough, but if I hadn't seen "Gator" and found out it was the sequel after seeing this, my expectations would have been lowered.Burt Reynolds has more of an acting challenge here, and he succeeds. Except for a few scenes where he is driving fast and seems to be enjoying himself, he is playing a totally different character than what his fans are probably used to. In "Gator", he has that "Smokey and the Bandit" quality, but here, he is a darker, tougher character (and yet it's supposed to be the same man in both). This is not a comedy, though it can be funny at times. Ironically, the final scenes in this movie are funny (in a dark way), while the funnier sequel ends on a dramatic note.I think pretty much everyone with a leading role does a good job. Ned Beatty is nothing like what I am used to--he's mean, but in a quiet way. Not a yelling sheriff like Jackie Gleason was, but just nasty enough in his attitude that you want him to get what's coming to him.There are a couple of good car chases, including one involving a very short train. I mean the only way the train could be shorter is if it was just a locomotive. But it still adds to the excitement.But there is just enough violence to make this movie a little hard to watch. There are some mean people in this movie. The whole point is that Gator is going after bad guys. But they're not the light-hearted bad guys you would find in a comedy.This is certainly worth seeing.

mwkeith Does anyone one know any information about the ending song that is played as the funeral procession goes down the street? I have been searching for the song for quite sometime now without any luck.There must be someone somewhere who might know this information. the song was written and performed so I think it possible to locate the info. It goes like, At the back door of hell, there's an old rusty bell. And it rings, Lord it rings, as loud as thunder. Way down under. I hope that there is someone who can help me with this seemingly impossible endeavor. It might be strange for someone to become so overcome by a simple ballad but I like the song a lot. Help me