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A bad joke that backfires on the director.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!
1978 · 1h 50m · PG
Action, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Sam Peckinpah Director
- Kris Kristofferson as Martin 'Rubber Duck' Penwald
- Ali MacGraw as Melissa
- Ernest Borgnine as Sheriff Lyle 'Cottonmouth' Wallace
- Burt Young as Bobby 'Love Machine' 'Pig Pen'
- Madge Sinclair as Widow Woman
- Seymour Cassel as Governer Jerry Haskins
- Tom Runyon as Runyon
- Franklyn Ajaye as Spider Mike
- Tommy Bush as Chief Stacey Love
- Brian Davies as Chuck Arnoldi
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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43%
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