Convoy

"Ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!"

1978 1h 52m EN

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6.3

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58%

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METACRITIC

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6.3

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 447🥫58%Rotten Tomatoes●47Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 20,377

ActionComedyDrama

Synopsis

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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.

“Ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!”

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Cast

Kris Kristofferson
Rubber Duck
Ali MacGraw
Melissa
Burt Young
Pig Pen
Madge Sinclair
Widow Woman
Franklyn Ajaye
Spider Mike
Brian Davies
Chuck Arnoldi
Seymour Cassel
Governor Haskins
Cassie Yates
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Peckinpah
Writers: Chip Davis, Bill L. Norton, Bill L. Norton
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.8× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sam Peckinpah, shot by Harry Stradling Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Chip Davis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Wright shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw and Burt Young carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0077369 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Sam Peckinpah directs. Harry Stradling Jr. behind the camera. Chip Davis scores. John Wright cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.8× over at the box office.
248 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Sam Peckinpah, shot by Harry Stradling Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Chip Davis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor John Wright shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw and Burt Young carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!".
8IMDB entry: tt0077369 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "police brutality", "waitress", "police", "chase".

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Stradling Jr.
Original score: Chip Davis
Editing: John Wright
Production design: Fernando Carrere
Makeup / hair: Marina Pedraza
Sound: Robert J. Litt
Stunt coordinator: Gary Combs
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $12,000,000
Box office: $45,000,000
Return: 375% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Convoy (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes: 58% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 47/100
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 20,377 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination total

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CinemaSerf2023-05-16
★ 6/10
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.

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