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In the early 1970s, while doing research for an upcoming movie, producer Gy Waldron obtained an oral history from Rushing. Waldron would later use these interviews, along with his own experiences growing up in Kentucky , as material for the 1975 B-movie Moonrunners , which would go on to be reworked as the basis for the TV series The Dukes of ...
The film was written and directed by Gy Waldron and is based on the life and stories of ex-moonshiner Jerry Rushing, who has a small role in the movie as a heavy at the Boar's Nest bar. It is listed in the book The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time.
Moonrunners is a 1975 film, and the precursor to The Dukes of Hazzard television series. The film was written and directed by Gy Waldron, based on the life and stories of Jerry Rushing. The story is narrated by the Balladeer (Waylon Jennings), who introduces and comments on the story of cousins...
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Mar 6, 2023 · The series, created by writer/director Gy Waldron and real-life former bootlegger Jerry Rushing, was based on Waldron's 1975 feature film " Moonrunners ," about a rambunctious...
Created by Gy Waldron in collaboration with ex-moonshiner Jerry Rushing, this movie shares many identical and very similar names and concepts with the subsequent TV series. Although itself essentially a comedy, this original movie was much cruder and edgier than the family-friendly TV series that evolved from it.
May 14, 1975 · Moonrunners: Directed by Gy Waldron. With James Mitchum, Kiel Martin, Arthur Hunnicutt, Chris Forbes. Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters.
May 11, 2023 · The film and the Duke series were inspired by the real-life moonshiner Jerry Rushing. Waldron took the stories that Rushing shared and used them for both properties.
