Lawless
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.
Keywords:
Corruption
Based on novel or book
Prohibition era
Brother
Gangster
Great depression
Appalachia
Bootlegging
Shootout
Brutality
Church
Tommy gun
Moonshine
Virginia
1930s
Lawman
Brothers
Violence
Movie tag line: "When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes."
