Matchbox convoy series kenworth box truck with pink and white body and superflo racing livery from the days of thunder movie. Truckers form a mile long convoy in support of a trucker vendetta with an abusive sheriff. Praesent vestibulum tempor augue, vel egestas nulla commodo quis. Pg 1h 22min comedy february 1978 usa convoy buddies poster. A group of equally inept mobsters try to steal the guns to no avail. Convoy 1978 sam peckinpah synopsis, characteristics. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the convoy 1978 film article. Convoy 1978 ganzer film deutsch komplett kino high life. This film was the subject of a civil case in the united states, smith v. Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by sam peckinpah, based on the 1975 countrywestern and novelty song convoy by c. Convoy, county donegal, a village in the republic of ireland. Toby and butch are a couple of bumbling crooks who get a truck driving job hauling insecticide from italy to france. Con paul smith, michael coby, giuliana calandra, mario brega, antonio cantafora, dominico berto. Near the end of the film when spider mike is rescued from a town.
I believe the restored truck was the second highway double vin 6646. Proin pellentesque mollis enim, at vulputate odio mollis sed. Convoy trucker truck film movie aliens predator ch. Convoy 1978 plot summary 4 truckers form a mile long convoy in support of a truckers vendetta with an abusive sheriff.
Interesting enough, and i would even go so far as to call the film good up to that point. Fonda is rane, an old trucking buddy come to visit for a spell and ends up helping duke take on the hijackers. It analyzes fiveminute segments of the 1978 film convoy in extensive detail. Emis 110minite version actually its 106 min of convoy went into mass release at the end of june 1978. Kanes big nasty, who talks in a voice so deep it might be his mammoth truck talking, is lost sight of. Trucker rubber duck kris kristofferson signals the big 104 when he and his unsuspecting ridealong ali macgraw are chased through three states by a corrupt traffic cop named dirty lyle ernest borgnine. With kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, ernest borgnine, burt young. For the first time in his career, sam peckinpah let a studio take a film away from him without putting up a fight. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Yet after leaving the town, in a series of shots showing the rubber ducks truck. Unbeknownst to the clueless duo, theyre really smuggling guns.
Convoy, a film by sam peckinpah and kris kristofferson, inspired by the c. The film looks great in this bluray release and it is definitely the cleanest version ive ever seen. The alfred hitchcock film notorious 1946 was based. Some films not yet named to the registry film registry national. Original 77 rs700l from convoy antique and classic. The end of the convoy 1978 movie without titles youtube. The film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song convoy by c. Antihero trucker rubber duck penwald evades a crooked cop, ultimately facing off against dirty politics and finding love in the southwest. Kris kristofferson was the rubber duck and ali mcgraw was his ridealong in.
The film is an early producing credit for the halperin brothers, victor and edward, later of white zombie fame, and is the final screen appearance of broadway stars gail kane and vincent serrano. Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. Watch convoy 1978 full movie free online streaming tubi. Smith, antonio cantafora, dominic barto, giuliana calandra. Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by sam peckinpah and starring kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, ernest borgnine, burt young, madge sinclair and franklyn ajaye. While driving through the arizona desert, albuquerque based independent trucker martin penwald who goes by the handle rubber duck along with his fellow. Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by sam peckinpah and starring kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, ernest borgnine, burt young, madge sinclair and franklyn. Each year, we begin the national film registry process anew and start from. It was a novelty song about a group of truck drivers who form an unstoppable convoy of trucks, thwarting the authorities attempts to stop them, and was filled with the whimsical jargon b. Citizen band radio takes to the freeways for fastlane thrills and flyover spills. Mccalls humorous trucker song convoy from the mid1970s convoy is a feel good movie that pits truckers against a sheriff who is intent on making their lives miserable. Convoy, an american silent film starring lowell sherman convoy 1940 film, a british film directed by pen tennyson convoy 1978 film, a film by sam peckinpah and kris kristofferson, inspired by the c.
Convoy is a lost 1927 american silent world war i drama starring lowell sherman and dorothy mackaill and released through first national pictures. Mccall pseudonym of bill fries that became a numberone song on both the country and pop charts in the. It was 1978 and everyone well, many folks anyhow was familiar with what had been only a trucker thing for several years. Convoy 1978 trucker martin rubber duck penwald kris kristofferson and his buddies pig pen burt young, widow woman madge sinclair and spider mike franklin ajaye use their cb radios to. Mccalls song convoy, a group of struggling truckers who stay in touch by cb run into a situation which ignites their indignation. So the cream coloured truck in the first post is the primary truck from the film, the 1977 rs712lst vin number 35492. Convoy, directed by sam peckinpah, is a 1978 action film based upon the country song convoy by c. Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by sam peckinpah and starring kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, ernest borgnine, franklyn ajaye and burt young. At a diner, duck and his buddies beat up cottonmouth and some other cops, handcuff the downed officers to the barstools and start a convoy to get out of arizona by way of an old dirt road. Toby and butch are a couple of bumbling crooks who get a truck driving job, for which they have to haul insecticide from italy to france. The film barely introduces the characters, and one of the funniest. I cut this piece the way the convoy movie editor cut it 36 years ago.
An earful of convoy is a podcast 20152017 with episodes typically two hours long. Director sam peckinpah packed this movie with plenty of action and fun with exemplary camera work provided. Presides this primary truck 3 other rs700ls where used. It loses the bullbars on the front, and the windbreaker on the roof is flattened against the roof of the cab. Convoy buddies is a 1975 italianspanish adventurecomedy film directed by giuliano carnimeo and starring michael coby and paul l. In 1978, the national maximum speed law which prohibits speeds exceeding 55 mph is in full force, and the countrys truck drivers dont much like it. Convoy subtitles 90 subtitles subtitles download movie. Rubber duck penwald kris kristofferson is a bigrig truck driver. Convoy, an american silent film starring lowell sherman. See more ideas about trucks, movies and big trucks. Convoy mastered in hd when the western film, for many decades the staple of the american cinema, suffered a decline in the seventies, a new subspecies helped fill the void the trucking epic. Rent convoy 1978 starring kris kristofferson and ali macgraw on dvd and bluray. Overview of convoy, 1978, directed by sam peckinpah, with kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, burt young, at turner classic movies.
A fast driving crazy cop chase starring kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, and ernest borgnine. Rating is available when the video has been rented. The movie is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song convoy by c. Norton, bill fries castkris kristofferson, ali macgraw, ernest borgnine storylinewhile driving through the arizona desert, albuquerque based independent trucker martin penwald who goes by the handle rubber duck. Sep 03, 2014 no titles exclusive cut of convoy movie end. Convoy was tennysons last film before he was killed in an aircraft crash, while serving in the royal navy. Mccall had a best selling hit with his cbthemed song convoy and hollywood grabbed hold and made a movie out of the tune. Convoy is a 1940 british war film, produced by ealing studios, directed by pen tennyson and starring clive brook, john clements and edward chapman. Truckers form a mile long convoy in support of a truckers vendetta with an abusive sheriff. Simon y mateo, also known as kid stuff is a 1975 italianspanish adventurecomedy film directed by giuliano carnimeo and starring michael coby and paul l. The great sam peckinpah the wild bunch directed this action classic based on the runaway hit song, convoy.