Moonshine Highway

In a market saturated by "erotic thrillers" and cheapo alien spectacles, Showtime Networks revisits hillbilly moonshine B-features of yesteryear.

It's the 1950s, and despite his distinguished war record, Tennessee-bred Jed Muldoon (Kyle MacLachlan) is back to what he does best: smuggling illegal corn liquor in his souped-up Lincoln down treacherous mountain roads by night. Mechanic Hooch (Gary Farmer) urges Muldoon to apply his talents instead to stock-car races while his lover, Ethyl (Maria Del Mar), wants Muldoon to take her away from town and her abusive husband, local sheriff Wendell Miller (Randy Quaid). Though Sheriff Miller has long accepted bribes from ...