Motion Pictures Thunder Road on TCM this coming Sunday (15th) @ 10:00 am.

Cult classic. Filmed in and around Asheville, N. C. I must have watched it a hundred times and I'll watch it again.

 

Thanks for the heads up! I won't be able to see it but have my DVR set to record it!!!

 

Since it is in their film noir series, it will play on Sat night, 9:00 PM west coast time, and repeat Sunday Morning at 7:AM. That is TCM's weekly format. Good movie, I must have seen it 100 times, since the drive in when I was 10. Luke could thump a cigarette at high speed, with pin point accuracy !

 

..Thanks for that update. I didn't mention the midnight showing here on the East Coast.....Some of us "old" folks can't stay up that late!...Then again, some of us may not get up in time to watch the 10:00 am Sunday show!!

 

Missed seeing that 58 Edsel shown on the poster every time I watched TR. Guess I'll have to pay closer attention. Another poster shows Luke holding a revolver which never appeared in the film. He carried a Colt 1911 .45 and a shotgun.

 

..........Yeah, I don't know where that came from!

 

The shotgun was a Browning Auto 5

 

And some can't find sleep

 

Thanks @Big Dad for posting this.

 

bump

 

Love that movie. Stupid Comcast took my TCM away a year or so ago

 

40 minutes to go....

 

I never get tired of that one. Most of that movie was filmed in the Asheville, N.C. area. A college buddy of mine grew up there. He was among the onlookers when they filmed the scene where they blew up the car in the gas station.

 

TUNE IT IN!!!

 

1958 Product placement. I guess it didn't work, Mike

 

Also currently on Amazon Prime Video for those who have it.

 

The black '49 Olds coupe at the start - did it have a '50 LF fender, or was that take done with a diferent car ?

 

Youtube also, I've been told

 

I think I saw the movie once or twice; I wouldn't get up early nor stay up late for it. AND I forgot to set the recorder.

 

Yes it did have a 50 fender on the left. Kind of like the mismatch of parts on Luke’s Ford. But they could have used 2 different cars. I think I have a DVD of the movie, maybe it deserves a second look.

 

Recorded it. Just starting to watch it now.

Lee

 

My wife & I were on our honeymoon in February, 1966, in Niagara Falls. Thunder Road was playing on the hotel TV that night at 1:00am and I stayed up to watch it, which pissed my new bride off. She got over it and we'll be married for 57 years in a few weeks. Oh, yeah, she's really into cars now, too

Sorry, off topic, but every time I hear about Thunder Road, I think about our first fight.

 

I watched it, so did my girl friend at her place. We both like Mitchum.

 

...I think every guy wishes he could be as cool as Mitchum.

 

lothiandon1940 wrote: "...I think every guy wishes he could be as cool as Mitchum."
Right on the money. And without even trying.

 

Lean back in your chair, close your eyes, & imagine you're partying with Mitchum & Shelly Winters ....

 

Shelly Winters?