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Bookmark this pageThunder and Lightning (1977)
Director: Corey Allen
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From Time Out Film Guide
Basically a 90mph sleepwalk for David Carradine, the Corman factory's answer to Burt Reynolds, this formulary automotive action-comedy features an engaging line in absurd Southern-folksy dialogue and a frenzied attempt to ring the changes on the staples of the hot-car genre. A hovercraft duel across the Florida Everglades nevertheless soon gives way to the usual protracted car chase, interesting only for its blatant copying of stunts from numerous precursors, including the Bond movies. The script is a lame excuse for the invariably non-fatal, cartoon-style pyrotechnics, with moonshiner Carradine distinguished from Mob-backed gutrot-runner Carmel only by his stated independence (perhaps as close as you'll get to a policy statement on producer Corman's relationship to the Hollywood majors).Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Corey Allen
Producer: Roger Corman
Cast: David Carradine, Kate Jackson, Roger C Carmel, Sterling Holloway, Ed Barth, Ron Feinberg, George Murdock full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 93 mins
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