Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Moonshine War (1970)

Moonshine War, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Iffin' The Law Needs Upholdin'

In the opening scene Patrick McGoohan was introduced as Long, a federal agent from Louisville, checked into a provincial Kentucky hotel in 1932, interested in local Son Martin (Alan Alda), introduced here with Will Geer as sheriff Baylor, Bo Hopkins and John Schuck among the crew, in director Richard Quine’s The Moonshine War, 1970, from Elmore Leonard’s novel and screenplay.

Moonshine War, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Get Out The Fruit Jars!

Louisville crime boss Dr. Taulbee (Richard Widmark), with gunman Dual (Lee Hazlewood) and squeeze Miley (Susanne Zenor), brings increasingly nervous crooked federal agent Long (Patrick McGoohan) to meet freelance crook Boyd (Dick Peabody), his plan to hijack a big local whiskey stash starting to emerge, in The Moonshine War, 1970.

Moonshine War, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) The Sun's In My Eyes

Melodie Johnson as rural Kentucky hotel operator Lizann is revealed here to be the romantic interest of Alan Alda, as bootlegger Son Martin, sharing news about revenuer Long (Patrick McGoohan) visiting from Louisville, checking out his still, and meeting ally Aaron (Joe Williams), in The Moonshine War, 1970, with profanity from Elmore Leonard's novel and screenplay.

Moonshine War, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Pussyfoot Scientific Whiskey Expert

The friendly approach, in 1932 rural Kentucky, Louisville booze boss Taulbee (Richard Widmark), with crooked fed Long (Patrick McGoohan), goon Dual (Lee Hazlewood) and moll Miley (Susanne Zenor) inquires with distiller Son (Alan Alda) about his sort-of secret giant whiskey stash, in The Moonshine War, 1970, from the Elmore Leonard novel.