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Convoy is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sam Peckinpah released in USA on 28 june 1978 with Kris Kristofferson
Convoy (1978)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 june 1978
Length 1h50
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
OriginUSA
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Musical films, Road movies, Chase films
Rating63%
Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine and Burt Young. The movie is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall and Chip Davis. The film was made when the CB Radio/trucking craze was at its peak in the United States, and followed the similarly themed films Smokey and the Bandit, White Line Fever and the television series Movin' On and B. J. and the Bear.
Synopsis
In the Arizona desert, truck driver Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald is passed by a woman in a Jaguar E-Type, which leads to an encounter with a sheriff's deputy. Proceeding on his way, Rubber Duck runs into fellow truck drivers Pig Pen/Love Machine and Spider Mike, when another "trucker" informs them over the C.B. that they are okay to increase their speed. The "trucker" turns out to be cold county Sheriff "Dirty Lyle" Wallace, a long-time nemesis of the Duck, who extorts them for $70 each.Actors
Kris Kristofferson
(Rubber Duck)
Ali MacGraw
(Melissa)
Ernest Borgnine
(Lyle Wallace)
Burt Young
(Pig Pen)
Seymour Cassel
(Governor Haskins)
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