Science on Screen® Presents Thunder Road
Directed by Arthur Ripley

6 pm, cash bar in the Speed Cinema lobby
7 pm, screening

Transporting illegal alcohol over dark two-lane mountain highways, Lucas Doolin (Robert Mitchum) races wildly through the night, crashing roadblocks and outrunning ambushes, defying anyone who tries to stop him. A man has a right to do anything, he says, including making whiskey, as long as he makes it on his own land.

When ruthless racketeers muscle in on Doolin’s territory and kill one of his men in the process the Kentucky bootlegger declares war, fiercely determined to maintain his hard-won business and independence… even if it costs him his life. Boasting breathtaking auto chase scenes and a superb performance from Robert Mitchum, Thunder Road is breathtaking excitement, the most exhilarating road thriller of them all. 1958, U.S., DCP, 92 minutes.

Includes a pre-screening talk with Jake Vollmer, Master Whiskey Taster for North American Distillers Limited, a division of Pernod-Ricard, and head blender and innovation lead for Rabbit Hole Distillery.

An initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.