---
title: 'Thunder Road (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Ripley'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thunder-road-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052293/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Thunder Road (1958)

1958 · PG · 92 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Thunder Road is a 1958 American Southern Gothic film noir directed by Arthur Ripley and written by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise, who based the screenplay on an original story by Robert Mitchum. Mitchum based the story told to him by writer and friend James Agee regarding an alleged incident that occurred in Knoxville, Tennessee involving a bootlegger transporting moonshine being pursued by law enforcement along a section of highway from Harlan, Kentucky to Knoxville known infamously as "Thunder Road."

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum)
- **Director:** [Arthur Ripley](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-ripley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jack Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-marshall)
- **Editor:** [Harry Marker](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-marker)

## Cast

- [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum)
- [Trevor Bardette](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-bardette)
- [Gene Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-barry)
- [Jacques Aubuchon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-aubuchon)
- [Keely Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/keely-smith)

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