Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.
Score
Isaac Hayes' soundtrack slaps harder than the action itself
Acting
Hayes and Kotto's rivalry crackles with genuine menace
Direction
Kaplan's car chase through LA streets is pure kinetic poetry
Director
Jonathan Kaplan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kaplan was 26 when he directed this, fresh from Roger Corman's school of exploitation—Truck Turner was his proving ground before Over the Edge.
Nichelle Nichols took this role deliberately to break her 'Uhura typecasting,' creating one of blaxploitation's most memorably ruthless villains.
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