Bootleggers (1974)
aka
Bootleggers’ Angel
Deadeye Dewey and the Arkansas Kid
Black Deals
Die Schmuggler von Arkansas
Arkansas, 1933. The Prohibition era. Serious Othar Pruitt (a fine performance by Paul Koslo) and his more easygoing buddy Dewey Crenshaw (a wonderfully engaging portrayal by Dennis Fimple) are a couple of moonshine runners who find themselves involved in a bitter and deadly territorial feud with the no-count rival Woodall clan who are lead by ruthless and vicious patriarch Rufus (a neat'n'nasty turn by Seaman Glass). Director Charles B. Pierce and screenwriter Earl E. Smith (who also has a sizable role as the gruff sheriff) not only offer a vivid and flavorsome evocation of the desolate, yet still beautiful rural region, but also show a genuinely moving warmth and affection for both the place and the people that populate it. (IMDB Woodyanders)
