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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 strugglin... read more read more...g 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. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Sam Peckinpah

Release Date: June 28, 1978

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DVD Release Date: July 1, 2003

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  • September 15, 2009
    Peckinpah's classic Trucker movie is still good. Makes you want to get a CB, name yourself after a children?s toy and drive a truck.
  • August 16, 2009
    Bloody awful! The only Peckinpah movie I would never watch again. If you're going to base a movie on a song, at least pick a decent fucking song!!! Makes Smokey and the Bandit look like Citizen Kane.
  • August 26, 2007
    Truckers, led by Kris Kristofferson, go on a tri-state protest over police brutality, high gas prices, and other complaints. An uneven script and just fair acting mar this picture.
  • June 9, 2007
    Great Truck-Driving movie from the 70's with a great theme song. Without the song, it would be a very bad movie. The movie didn't have enough of the song at each plot development. It gets bogged down near the end with politics. The characters are fun but not very memorable; I did... read moren't quite support their cause. This movie would appeal to the guys-who-love-movies crowd. The end sequence on the bridge with the police blockade was suspenseful.
  • December 15, 2010
    Kris Kristofferson is classed in my personal faves as dudes too cool to be on this planet! Everr role this guy has played in that i have had the pleasure to watch was done with such a cool tour de force as much like his music the man is craftsman one way or another! Many peoplew ... read moreduring this movie's actual run in the theatre critically bashed it saying b movie status and this and that and most expecially blasted Kristofferson's performance as only being able to show one emotion...hey if i was allowed one emotion and that emotion was cool, what can i say i'd run with it. He has led a comfortable life minus the drugs and booze and hardships affiliated with his musical career, what i mean is financially wise, so whose to complain?

    This movie along with Smokey And The Bandit, is 1 of the best trucker films around! I know cb's have since been replaced with cell phones and pagers however why not bring em back? I loved the 70's song that this film was based on by CW Mccall as well and always , when the mood strikes me and i put this flick on,it always ends up with me watching either karaoke or home made video versions of the song on you tube. Nostalgic is the feeling i am looking for. Cb handle The Duck is Kris Kristofferson's charector in this's handle. He is notorious on the cb, nowadays it would be the web, for having various altercations in one form or another with the law, When one of his merry band of truckers gets in a fight with some of the local law enforcers including sheriff Dirty Lyle who has been gunning for The Duck since his name was incarnated, this leads with a pack of truckers racing to get over stateline, where they feel Lyle wont be able to touch them, along the way however through the cb chat world a convoy of trucks begins to follow Duck and his merry men! If you are either a fan of Kristtoferson's music, his movies or eve trucking in general i'd definatly say give this a chance and dont listen to the critics!
  • October 31, 2011
    Very much of its time, this one still has a redneck-y charm that I really enjoy.

    The really weird part is that I would've sworn that I'd watched this as a child, presumably with my father, but I didn't remember a single frame of it, so I guess that this was a first time watch, u... read morenbeknownst to me.

    Fun film, well worth a look if you enjoy a bit of good old boy humor and violence.
  • June 1, 2009
    AMAZING! In some ways I prefer this film to SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT. The print on the "cheezy flix" dvd release is pretty awful and almost looks like it was taped off of cable television, the film itself is a highly enjoyable 1970's trucker/car chase movie with plenty of Peckinpa... read moreh's signature slow motion editing!
  • January 31, 2009
    I like this movie cause it is a good movie and all, I also liked the ending where the truck drivers and the sheriff Wallace were the only ones to know the truth about the DUCK..
  • January 24, 2009
    I saw this movie when I was a kid, but I came here to see if I could watch it here, and found out I can get it on DVD whoo-hoo, now I have to find it so I can order it :>.
  • December 21, 2008
    Made during the peak of Peckinpahs alcohal and drug abuse, Convoy feels like it was made during that time. Its a cash in on the Smokey and The Bandit craze and the plot is pretty thin. James Coburn is purported to of directed quite a bit of the film too.
    Its not a total shit fe... read morest its just got a hell of alot of plot holes. But what do you expect from a film based on a popular song...that feels like it was based on a popular song!?

Critic Reviews


Vincent Canby
May 9, 2005
Vincent Canby, New York Times

A bad joke that backfires on the director. Full Review

Richard T. Jameson
September 18, 2010
Richard T. Jameson, Parallax View

Convoy continues Peckinpah's voyage into "nihilist poetry," in the phrase of Pauline Kael... Full Review

August 30, 2006
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Unmotivated story riddled with confusion and disarray. Production staff does the job with little imagination. Full Review

Michael A. Smith
January 1, 2005
Michael A. Smith, Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Like "The Getaway," only it sucks.

October 18, 2008
Variety

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Emanuel Levy
June 25, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

Philip Martin
February 18, 2005
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

Jake Euker
July 17, 2004
Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

No review available.

Bryant Frazer
November 17, 2003
Bryant Frazer, Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

No review available.

February 9, 2006
Time Out

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