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Convoy (1978)

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Reviews Counted: 7

Fresh: 3

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Average Rating: 4.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: A mile-long convoy of protesting truckers speeds along the Arizona highway toward the Mexican border. The tense action builds to an incredible climax in one of the most destructive auto crash... A mile-long convoy of protesting truckers speeds along the Arizona highway toward the Mexican border. The tense action builds to an incredible climax in one of the most destructive auto crash scenes ever filmed. [More]

Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young

Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair, Franklin Ajaye, Brian Davies, Seymour Cassel, Cassie Yates, Walter Kelley

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Director: Sam Peckinpah
Screenwriter: B. W. L. Norton
Producer: Robert M. Sherman
Composer: Chip Davis

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Aug 19, 2003

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

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A bad joke that backfires on the director.

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Like "The Getaway," only it sucks.

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