When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes.
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.
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