The CB (citizen's band) radio fad
had nearly run its course when this feel-good action film was made by
director Sam Peckinpah. In the story, based on C.W. McCall's song "Convoy",
a group of struggling truckers (who stay in touch by CB) run into a
situation which ignites their indignation. They arrange to form a truck
convoy under the leadership of the man whose CB nickname is "Rubber Duck"
(Kris Kristofferson). He is the most aggrieved of the bunch, having been
harassed beyond the point of endurance by Lyle Wallace (Ernest Borgnine) a
blackmailing traffic cop who pursues him ever more frantically through
several states after he fails to submit to the phony speed trap he had set
up. As news of the truck convoy spreads, unexpected allies join the line,
and the now-gigantic illegal protest becomes the subject of national news
reports.| Kris Kristofferson | Rubber Duck |
| Ali MacGraw | Melissa |
| Ernest Borgnine | Lyle Wallace |
| Burt Young | Pig Pen |
| Madge Sinclair | Widow Woman |
| Franklyn Ajaye | Spider Mike |
| Brian Davies | Chuck Arnoldi |
| Seymour Cassel | Gov. Haskins |
| Cassie Yates | Violet |
| Walter Kelley | Hamilton |
| Tom Runyon | Runyon |
| Herb Robins | Mechanic Bob |
| Spec O'Donnell | 18 Wheel Eddie |
| Jorge Russek | Tiny Alvarez |
| Bill Foster | Old Iguana |
| Thomas Huff | Lizard Tongue |
| Allen Keller | Rosewell |
| Whitey Hughes | White Rat |
| Stacy Newton | Bubba |
| John Gill | Jack - Garage Attendant |
| John Bryson | Texas Governor |
| Don Levy | Senator Myers |
Genre/Type - Drama, Road Movie
Produced by - EMI Productions / United Artists
Running time - 106 in.
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