White Lightning is an action film released in 1973 by United Artists starring Burt Reynolds as Gator McKlusky. The film also starred Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, R.G. Armstrong, and Diane Ladd. A sequel, Gator, was released in 1976.
Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) is serving time in an Arkansas prison for running moonshine when he learns his younger brother was murdered and that Sheriff J.C Conners (Ned Beatty) was the one behind ...
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White Lightning is an action film released in 1973 by United Artists starring Burt Reynolds as Gator McKlusky. The film also starred Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, R.G. Armstrong, and Diane Ladd. A sequel, Gator, was released in 1976.
Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) is serving time in an Arkansas prison for running moonshine when he learns his younger brother was murdered and that Sheriff J.C Conners (Ned Beatty) was the one behind it. Gator knows the sheriff is taking money from local moonshiners, so he agrees to go undercover for the Feds and try to expose the sheriff. He gets a job running moonshine with Roy Boone (Bo Hopkins) and starts having an affair with his girlfriend Lou (Jennifer Billingsley). Eventually the sheriff discovers Gator is working for the Feds and sends his associates to abduct and kill him. After escaping during a shootout with head moonshiner Big Bear (Armstrong), Gator decides to go after the sheriff in an epic car chase finale that concludes...
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