Convoy

1978

Action / Drama

24
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 71% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 20648 20.6K

police brutality waitress police chase fight highway

Plot 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.

Director

Sam Peckinpah Photo
Sam Peckinpah

Top cast

Sam Peckinpah Photo
Sam Peckinpah as News Crew Director
Seymour Cassel Photo
Seymour Cassel as Governer Jerry Haskins
Charles Benton Photo
Charles Benton as Deke Thornton
Cassie Yates Photo
Cassie Yates as Violet
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811.67 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 7
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 34

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Entertaining Peckinpah movie about some protesting truckers led by an independent rebel drive through Southwest

A rebel trucker (Kris Kristofferson) leads protesting his colleagues on a trek throughout Southwest until Mexico .Other truckers join their convoy as a show of support against brutality and other complaints . Sheriff Wallace (Ernest Borgnine)rallies other law enforcement officers throughout the southwest, they who soon aware that stopping Duck, the face of the now highly public standoff, is not as easy as shooting him and the truck due to his highly explosive cargo . Truckers (Burt Young , Magde Sinclair as Widow woman, among others) on a tri-state protest over police brutality ,form a mile long "convoy" in support of Duck's vengeance with the abusive sheriff . Based on the country song , a real hit , of same title by C.W. McCall.An enjoyable film , ¨ Peckinpah's Convoy ¨results to be an elegiac perspective at the world of the truckers . Taut excitement throughout, beautifully photographed and with spectacular trucks scenes and some images filmed in slow moving. An uneven and silly screenplay by Bill L Norton , subsequently turned to mediocre director . Vibrant and brilliant all star cast with acceptable performances from Burt Young , Seymour Cassel , Cassie Yates , among others. Kris Kristofferson turns in a nice acting as a drifting independent trucker nicknamed ¨Duck¨ who is searching freedom in a changing world , he and Ali MacGraw strike real sparks. Ernest Borgnine is particularly fine as the veteran patrolman .Peckinpah's slow-motion camera , his usual trademark,is put to particularly nice utilization shooting the balletic movement of fights , at once more splendidly and awe-inspiring than any gun battle. Furthermore, it contains a country music emotive score by Chip Davis . Glimmer and colorful cinematography by Harry Stradling Jr ,son of another great cameraman Harry Stradling Sr . Splendidly filmed in Albuquerque,Cerrillos, New Mexico,Cuba, New Mexico,Needles, California ,New Mexico State Fair Grounds ,Central & Louisanna Avenues, Albuquerque,White Sands National Monument, and Alamogordo, New Mexico. An agreeable country-trucker-Western with passable interpretations and exciting trucks footage including some slow-moving images and a much moving , professionally made by the famous director Sam Peckinpah . Sam was a real creator and author of masterpieces as ¨Cross of Iron¨,¨The ballad of Cable Hogue¨, ¨Wild bunch¨ , ¨Major Dundee¨ . ¨Convoy¨ though inferior film is lovely realized by Sam Peckinpah in his punchy directorial style .
Reviewed by cinemagick 7 / 10

A bizarre but interesting film that is awkwardly charming and enjoyable.

This movie is a trip. I didn't know what to expect going in, and I can safely say it defied all conceivable expectations. If you are in the right mood, this movie can be a particular kind of fun. It has the vibe of a 1970's road adventure film, only slightly twisted, and a little off beat. It's the type of movie that gets better the more you re-watch. It's charm grew on me, a day after I saw it for the first time. Then I re-watched, and thoroughly enjoyed. Kristofferson was super cool as the Duck and surprisingly believable. Some of the ancillary characters are a bit annoying, but if you can look past that, you might love this wild Peckinpah classic as much as I did.
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