Storyline

An old man looks back 60 years to a road trip from rural Mississippi to Memphis, a horse race, and his own coming of age. Lucius's grandfather gets the first automobile in the area, a bright yellow Winton Flyer. While he's away, the plantation handyman, Boon Hogganbeck, conspires to borrow the car, taking Lucius with him. Stowed away is Ned, a mulatto and Lucius's putative cousin. The three head for Memphis, where Boon's sweetheart works in a whorehouse, where Ned trades the car for a racehorse, and where Lucius discovers the world of adults - from racism and vice to possibilities for honor and courage. Is there redemption for reivers, rascals, and rapscallions?—

Plot Keywords

field, voyeurism, stowaway, stockings, statue, spitting, southern u.s., skinny dipping, singing in a car, sheriff, salt, rocking chair, raft, racial slur, prostitute, prayer, pitchfork, pistol, watermelon, whipping

Short Review

The Reivers is a pleasant, wholesome, straightforward movie of the sort (as they say) they don't make anymore.

Trailer

Streaming Service

1. Amazon Video : Rent from $1.99, Or $0.00 with a Prime membership

2. Apple iTunes : Track Price: 9.99, Track Rental Price: 3.99, Collection Price: 44.99, Track Hd Price: 12.99, Track Hd Rental Price: 3.99, Collection Hd Price: 49.99

3. Vudu : [SD - Buy: 9.99, Rent: 2.99] [HDX - Buy: 12.99, Rent: 3.99]