Moonrunners

Moonrunners (1975)

Moonrunners is a 1975 B-movie starring James Mitchum and Kiel Martin based on the life of moonshine runner Jerry Rushing, who also had a brief role in the film. Moonrunners was the precursor to The Dukes of Hazzard, featuring two cousins in Georgia who run moonshine for their Uncle Jesse despite a corrupt opposition in cahoots with Sheriff Rosco Coltrane. The film, like the show, also featured a plethora of car chases (and crashes) and the narration and music of outlaw country star Waylon Jennings. Most of the weaponry in the film is shotguns, with the exception of the cousins' bows.

The following firearms can be seen in the film Moonrunners:

Browning Auto-5

Revenue agents, including Fred (Ben Jones, later to play Cooter on The Dukes of Hazzard) fire Browning Auto-5 shotguns at the Hagg boys when raiding their still.

A revenue agent fires his Browning Auto-5.

single-barreled shotgun

Grady Hagg (James Mitchum) carries a single-barreled shotgun when Uncle Jesse haggles with Jake Rainey.

Grady holds his shotgun in the background.

Grady with his shotgun.

bow

Like their counterparts Bo and Luke on The Dukes of Hazzard, Bobby Lee Hagg (Kiel Martin) and Grady Hagg (James Mitchum) use bows with dynamite-tipped arrows to bring down their opposition, citing their use in the opening scene due to being probation. However, unlike the Dukes, Bobby Lee and Grady are not opposed to using shotguns for more illegal operations.

Bobby Lee aims his bow at one of Jake Rainey's stills.

Bobby Lee and Grady destroy Jake Rainey's warehouse with bows.

Winchester Model 1912

Jake Rainey's bodyguard (technical advisor Jerry Rushing) cradles a Winchester Model 1912 when Jake gives orders to the Pettigrew brothers in his office.

Jake's bodyguard with his shotgun.

double-barreled shotgun

Double-barreled side-by-side shotguns with exposed hammers are the weapons of choice for Rainey's men, including his guard (Jerry Rushing) at the warehouse. Zeebo (Pete Munro) takes the guard's shotgun and uses it during the finale.

A hooded Rainey thug holds up the Hagg brothers' Plymouth.

One of Rainey's thugs stands guard with a shotgun.

Rainey's bodyguard paces outside the warehouse with a shotgun and a Budweiser.

Zeebo reloads the bodyguard's shotgun.

Mossberg 500 AT

Bobby Lee Hagg (Kiel Martin) destroys Rainey's whiskey in the finale with a Mossberg 500 AT with wooden furniture.

Bobby Lee, Grady, and Zeebo break into the warehouse.

Bobby Lee looks to Grady, shotgun in hand.

Bobby Lee tosses his Mossberg from hand to hand.

Remington 870

Grady Hagg (James Mitchum) takes a Remington 870 when preparing to ambush Rainey's moonshine warehouse.

Grady aims at the moonshine.