Moonshine Mountain


1h 30m 1964

Brief Synopsis

Chuck Scott plays a country western singer who goes back home to the hills of Carolina where he gots caught up in a feud between some homeboy moonshiners and "the Revenoores".

Film Details

Also Known As
White Trash on Moonshine Mountain
Release Date
Jan 1964
Premiere Information
Charlotte, North Carolina, opening: 16 Sep 1964
Production Company
Herschell Gordon Lewis Motion Picture Enterprises
Distribution Company
Creative Communications, Inc.
Country
United States
Location
North Carolina, United States

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m
Color
Color

Synopsis

Doug Martin, a successful country-western singer, returns to the Carolina hills with the hope of restoring a country twang to his "citified" voice. Accompanied by his socialite fiancée, Della Lawrence, Doug takes part in folk-singing parties and meets the Carpenters, the Bashams, and Sheriff Asa Potter, who together run a still which supplies the surrounding area with moonshine. Doug flirts with Laura Carpenter, a college student who is home on vacation, and Della, jealous of Doug's new interest, decides to leave, but on the way to the airport, Sheriff Potter stops her and forces her to follow him to a secluded pond. When she laughs at his clumsy advances, he kills her. Aided by the ape-like Luther Basham, Potter then murders several federal agents and throws their bodies into the bubbling still. Doug discovers the sheriff's evil deeds and asks the Carpenters and the Bashams to help capture him. When Potter convinces Luther to dynamite the entire community, Luther bungles the job, and Potter shoots him to save his own life. Meanwhile, Mary Lou, Laura's retarded sister whom Potter once raped, arrives and kills the sheriff with an ax as the still explodes. After marrying Laura, Doug returns to the city with his bride, while the two families begin to rebuild the still.

Film Details

Also Known As
White Trash on Moonshine Mountain
Release Date
Jan 1964
Premiere Information
Charlotte, North Carolina, opening: 16 Sep 1964
Production Company
Herschell Gordon Lewis Motion Picture Enterprises
Distribution Company
Creative Communications, Inc.
Country
United States
Location
North Carolina, United States

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m
Color
Color

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Notes

Filmed on location in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. Also known as White Trash on Moonshine Mountain. Chuck Scott is a pseudonym for Charles Glore.