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I remember when I was a little kid
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Thunder Road

I remember when I was a little kid trailin' my daddy up to the still through those...

Lucas Doolin: I remember when I was a little kid trailin' my daddy up to the still through those mountain winters. I suppose I knew then that what he was doing was contrary to somebody's law, but my granddaddy had done it before him, his daddy before him and so on clear back to Ireland. They held that what a man did on his own land was his business. They didn't have any noble notions then, of course. And still don't. When they came here and fought for this country and scratched up those hills with their ploughs and those skinny old mules, they did it to guarantee the basic rights of free men. They just figured that whisky-makin' was one of 'em

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I remember when I was a little kid
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trailin' my daddy up to the still through those mountain winters
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I knew what he was doing was contrary to somebody's law
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but my granddaddy had done it before him his daddy before him
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and so on clear back to Ireland
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They held that what a man did on his own land was his business
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They didn't have any noble notions then of course Still don't
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When they came here and fought for this country
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and scratched up those hills with their ploughs and their mules
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they did it to guarantee the basic rights of free men
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They just figured that whisky making was one of 'em
Duration
46 seconds
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65
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:41
Uploaded
Jan 27, 2025
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Movie Summary

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in pri...