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.
Direction
Peckinpah treating truckers like mythic outlaws—absolutely unserious
Score
C.W. McCall's 'Convoy' on loop basically wrote the script
Practical Effects
Real trucks destroyed, real stunts, real Peckinpah alcohol budget
Director
Sam Peckinpah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot in 1977 during Peckinpah's most chaotic period—he was reportedly drunk throughout and fired his own editor. The studio released a cut he disowned.
This movie literally invented the pop-culture trucker craze. Without Convoy, no Smokey and the Bandit sequel, no CB radio in every household, no '10-4 good buddy' entering mainstream slang.
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