ActionComedyDrama

Convoy

- Ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!

Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.

Release Date : 1978-06-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : United ArtistsEMI Films

Production Country : United States of AmericaUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Rubber Duck

Original Name : Kris Kristofferson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melissa

Original Name : Ali MacGraw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pig Pen

Original Name : Burt Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Widow Woman

Original Name : Madge Sinclair

Gender : Female

Character Name : Spider Mike

Original Name : Franklyn Ajaye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chuck Arnoldi

Original Name : Brian Davies

Gender : Male

Character Name : Governor Haskins

Original Name : Seymour Cassel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Violet

Original Name : Cassie Yates

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hamilton

Original Name : Walter Kelley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lyle Wallace

Original Name : Ernest Borgnine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Nasty

Original Name : Jackson D. Kane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pack Rat

Original Name : Billy E. Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : White Rat

Original Name : Whitey Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Iguana

Original Name : Bill Coontz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lizard Tongue

Original Name : Tommy J. Huff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bald Eagle

Original Name : Larry Spaulding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sneaky Snake

Original Name : Randy Brady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosewell

Original Name : Allen Keller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frick

Original Name : Jim Burk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bookman

Original Name : Bob Orrison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Stacey Love

Original Name : Tommy Bush

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fish

Original Name : William C. Jones Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tiny Alvarez

Original Name : Jorge Russek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Runyon

Original Name : Tom Runyon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thelma

Original Name : Vera Zenovich

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maria

Original Name : Patrice Martinez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reverend Sloane

Original Name : Donnie Fritts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Freak

Original Name : Bobbie Barnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Freak

Original Name : Stephen Bruton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Freak

Original Name : Sammy Creason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Freak

Original Name : Cleveland Dupin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Freak

Original Name : Jerry McGee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Freak

Original Name : Terry Paul

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Freak

Original Name : Mike Utley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus Freak

Original Name : Wayne D. Wilkinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deke Thornton

Original Name : Charles Benton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Septic Sam

Original Name : George Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silver Streak

Original Name : Greg Van Dyke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roger

Original Name : Edward Blatchford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Samantha

Original Name : Paula Baldwin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mechanic Bob

Original Name : Herb Robins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ice Cream Seller

Original Name : Robert J. Visciglia Sr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senator Myers

Original Name : Don Levy

Gender : Male

Character Name : 18 Wheel Eddie

Original Name : Spec O'Donnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Motorcycle Cop

Original Name : James R. Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doug — Press Man

Original Name : James Edgcomb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack — Garage Attendant

Original Name : John Gill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bart

Original Name : Daniel D. Halleck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bubba

Original Name : Stacy Newton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madge

Original Name : Sabra Wilson

Gender : Female

Character Name : News Crewman

Original Name : Joseph Lenzi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Texas Governor

Original Name : John Bryson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Town Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Carla Christina Contreras

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Katherine Haber

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl in the Bar (uncredited)

Original Name : Debbie Letteau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dispatcher (uncredited)

Original Name : Anne Lockhart

Gender : Female

Character Name : News Crew Director (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Peckinpah

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-16

I recall seeing this at the cinema at the time, and what a fuss there was. Not about the movie - but about the whole CB radio phenomena and, of course, the C.W. McCall song. Ernest Borgnine turns in quite a good effort as the savvy, but crooked, sheriff "Lyle" who finally pushes trucker "Rubber Duck" (Kris Kristofferson) and a few of his cohorts over the edge. A bar fight and a few heavily bruised cops necessitates them needing to flee to New Mexico and along the way their half dozen trucks start to attract others like magnets - and it's soon easily a mile long and posing an interesting problem for the authorities as the media interest builds. It doesn't do the convoy any harm, either, that the cops think the lead machine is packed full of highly explosive chemicals. Along for the ride is an out-of-sorts Ali McGraw ("Melissa") who really doesn't seem to be enjoying herself at all as this initially quite entertaining story becomes just as uninteresting and processional as the line of lorries itself. There are a few characterful supporting contributions from Madge Sinclair and Burt Young but for the main part, this is a film about a song and the more you hear that refrain the less impactful any of that remains.