Film Snail

6.3

Convoy

PG·1978·110m

Action

Comedy

Drama

Action

Comedy

Drama

Summary

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.

Cast

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

Governor Haskins

Cassie Yates

Violet

Walter Kelley

Hamilton

Jackson D. Kane

Big Nasty

Billy E. Hughes

Pack Rat

Whitey Hughes

White Rat

Bill Coontz

Old Iguana

Tommy J. Huff

Lizard Tongue

Larry Spaulding

Bald Eagle

Randy Brady

Sneaky Snake

Allen Keller

Rosewell

Jim Burk

Frick

Bob Orrison

Bookman

Tommy Bush

Chief Stacey Love

William C. Jones Jr.

Fish

Jorge Russek

Tiny Alvarez

Tom Runyon

Runyon

Vera Zenovich

Thelma

Patrice Martinez

Maria

Donnie Fritts

Reverend Sloane

Bobbie Barnes

Jesus Freak

Stephen Bruton

Jesus Freak

Sammy Lee Creason

Jesus Freak

Cleveland Dupin

Jesus Freak

Jerry McGee

Jesus Freak

Terry Paul

Jesus Freak

Mike Utley

Jesus Freak

Wayne D. Wilkinson

Jesus Freak

Charles Benton

Deke Thornton

George Coleman

Septic Sam

Greg Van Dyke

Silver Streak

Edward Blatchford

Roger

Paula Baldwin

Samantha

Herb Robins

Mechanic Bob

Robert J. Visciglia Sr.

Ice Cream Seller

Don Levy

Senator Myers

Spec O'Donnell

18 Wheel Eddie

James R. Moore

Motorcycle Cop

James Edgcomb

Doug — Press Man

John Gill

Jack — Garage Attendant

Daniel D. Halleck

Bart

Stacy Newton

Bubba

Sabra Wilson

Madge

Joseph Lenzi

News Crewman

John Bryson

Texas Governor

Carla Christina Contreras

Town Member (uncredited)

Katherine Haber

TV Reporter (uncredited)

Debbie Letteau

Girl in the Bar (uncredited)

Anne Lockhart

Dispatcher (uncredited)

Sam Peckinpah

News Crew Director (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Screenplay, Screenstory

Bill L. Norton

Story

Chip Davis

Story

Bill Fries

Reviews

Geronimo1967

May 16, 2023

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.