Thunder Road is the title of a 1958 movie about running moonshine in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee in the early 1950s. It was directed by Arthur Ripley and starred Robert Mitchum, who also produced the film and co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself, uncredited. The film became a cult classic and continued to play at drive-in movie theaters in some Southeastern markets through the 1970s and 1980s. Mitchum played an anti-hero and rebel against the government, which may have contributed to the film's popularity. In the film, he drove a hot-rodded 1950 Ford coupe with a custom tank in the back for moonshine and later a 1957 Ford coupe with the same alterations. Peter Breck was cast as a rival driver. A young Mitchell Ryan appeared as a decoy driver. Suave Gene Barry appeared as a federal agent devoted to catching Mitchum's character, and Mitchum's son James Mitchum played his younger brother, which worked extremely well due to the close physical resemblance. Some of the scenes were filmed in Lake Lure, North Carolina. The role of Mitchum's character's younger brother was originally written for Elvis Presley per Mitchum's request. The script was submitted to Elvis in Los Angeles by Mitchum personally. Elvis was eager to play the role but Elvis's manager, Col. Tom Parker, stepped in and had demanded that Elvis would be paid an enormous sum of money. His request was more than the entire budget for the movie. And so that was the end of that negotiation.

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