Movie
Convoy
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1978-06-27
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists, EMI Films
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kris Kristofferson as Rubber Duck
- Ali MacGraw as Melissa
- Burt Young as Pig Pen
- Madge Sinclair as Widow Woman
- Franklyn Ajaye as Spider Mike
- Brian Davies as Chuck Arnoldi
- Seymour Cassel as Governor Haskins
- Cassie Yates as Violet
- Walter Kelley as Hamilton
- Ernest Borgnine as Lyle Wallace
- Jackson D. Kane as Big Nasty
- Billy E. Hughes as Pack Rat
Crew
- Sam Peckinpah - Director
- Bill L. Norton - Screenplay
- Chip Davis - Story
- C.W. McCall - Story
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