Moonshine County Express, Feisty Babes and Car Chases

Feisty Babes! Gunfights! Car chases! Moonshine! Today we look at a film highly influenced by Burt Reynolds films of the 1970s. However, here, the action and allure are ramped up a few degrees. 1977's "Moonshine County Express," directed by Gus Trikonis, has no slow moments, and every scene and line of dialog have several exclamation points. "Brady Bunch" fans will revel at Maureen McCormick's (Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!) perky performance. There's more! 1970s B movie queen Claudia Jennings is also in this and so is Burt Reynolds! Wait! No...not Burt Reynolds...but a poor man's Burt Reynolds...John Saxon!

Pap Hammer (Fred Foresman) operates a moonshine operation in the hills. His operation is wiped out by Starkey's (William Conrad) thugs. Pap is murdered, as are most of his employees. Now his three feisty daughters want revenge. Dot (Susan Howard), the real star of this film, is seething. She and her two sisters, Betty (Jennings) and 16 year old Sissy (McCormick) are beset by crime lord Starkey. He wants their land...they won't sell. This may be a moot point as the gals don't have any money...or do they? Eureka! Pap left his darlings vintage prohibition whiskey...cases of it...pure gold. Now the gals have a plan...undercut Starkey and sell better spirits to local establishments. Starkey murders anyone who does business with the gals. Enter JB (Saxon).

JB desires Dot...Dot has other things on her mind...like murdering Starkey. Still, Starkey is always two steps ahead of our three beauties and he keeps bullying them. When the threats materialize into bullets, explosions, and more gunfights, JB decides to join forces with the gals to defeat Starkey. Starkey, who loves deviant role playing sex with barely of age beauties, is a formidable foe. Still Dot is desperate to murder him and avenge her dad's death. The gals grab shotguns, ramp up their aggressiveness, and go to war. Uh oh...Starkey is ruthless and pretty little Sissy is about to find this out.

Will the three gals be able to muster enough violence to answer Starkey's homicidal intentions? Will JB and Dot forget about guns, cars, and whiskey long enough to enjoy some pre-marital sex? Wait...aren't those three things intertwined? Susan Howard and the other actresses are fantastic and in full command of the screen...no subtlety in their performances. John Saxon is terrific as a Burt Reynolds character, and William Conrad is so very dastardly as the local crime-lord. This is a loud and gratuitous one.  Enjoy "Moonshine County Express," as it  will give you your fill of car chases, gunfights, and beautiful babes. Is there really anything else we need?