Thunder and Lightning

Another silly Roger Corman car chase movie, but it actually works thanks to its picturesque setting of the Florida Everglades. David Carradine again plays the heroic character who tries to stop a moonshining operation led by his girlfriend's father (Roger C. Carmel, who was wonderful in The Mothers-in-Law TV series) who's using the ruse to market it under the Honey Dew soda pop brand, apparently a favorite soft drink in the regional south. Of course, a series of car chases between the heroes, the crooks, as well as the local police eventually follow.

I've been in contact with William Hjortsberg (R. I. P), the writer of this film on Facebook a couple years ago and he admitted he was pretty proud of the finished film, as well as his first produced screenplay. It's just a shame most of the numerous scripts he wrote were never produced or sold.