The read
The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Circumstances force a mother and her two daughters to get into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country pursued by the law.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic60/100
76 audience votes
Key crew
- William W. NortonScreenplay
- Steve CarverDirector
- Frances DoelScreenplay
- David GrismanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Angie DickinsonWilma McClatchie
- Tom SkerrittFred
- William ShatnerWilliam J. Baxter
- Susan SennettBilly Jean
- Robbie LeePolly
- Noble WillinghamUncle Barney
- Dick MillerBonney
- Tom SignorelliDodds
- Joan PratherJane Kingston
- Royal DanoReverend Johnson
- William O'ConnellCrusade Preacher
- John WheelerLawyer
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Themes
prohibition erasocial satiresexploitationgun battlecampycomedy