Convoy

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Convoy

PG

1978

1h 50m

Action

Drama

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Trucker Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald (Kris Kristofferson) and his buddies Pig Pen (Burt Young), Widow Woman (Madge Sinclair) and Spider Mike (Franklin Ajaye) use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace (Ernest Borgnine) 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.

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Martha DuBose

Sydney Morning Herald

11/21/2023

If one ignores the pompous script and its allegorical pretensions, Convoy is not bad entertainment. The stunt-work is excellent and the action sequences excitingly staged.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

09/18/2023

It’s a happy-go-lucky ode to the truckers on the roads, a sunny, enjoyable picture.

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

05/12/2017

3/5

A noisy but enjoyable destruction derby of a film.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 16

1/4

A road movie of the yee-haw variety, it makes the more enjoyable Smokey and the Bandit look positively Shakespearean in comparison and almost allows the dim-witted The Cannonball Run to appear as masterful as The Grapes of Wrath.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Aug 6

4/5

Serving as a slice of populist, activist and absurdist cinema, "Convoy" hits like Hamm’s on a hot day — not much more than water and barley, alcoholically speaking, but fit to make you fuzzy and fine if consumed in good quantities.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

08/02/2022

3/5

Convoy is Vanishing Point with trucks, a nihilistic journey into the world of American individualism with a jaunty soundtrack. It’s a bad film, but it’s also an addictively watchable one…

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thiago S

@Thiagostone 3d

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Tyler N

@RT33166214 Mar 30

An aimless story with sub-par acting (not by all) and pretty bad dialogue. Watching the trucks on western roads to good music was pretty much the only cool part. I do not recommend this movie.

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Jelisije J

@jjosifovic Feb 6

I really don't get the appeal of hillbilly truckers taking on the law as an enjoyable good time.....this movie is way to long by a good 45 minutes for what little story it actually provided.

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Tim M

@tgmacman 05/14/2025

While as energetic as the same-titled song that inspired it, Convoy's wheels fall off when it comes to natural storytelling.

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DeWayne B

@RT69504535 02/01/2025

Not really funny, not really suspenseful, and as for its trying to send a message? Far too pretentious for the meager offerings presented.

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Blu B

@RT43513976 01/16/2025

The soundtrack is good especially the chessy but catchy title track. Nothing else is as memorable as that though but well used. Everything else isn't half bad but considering the director it's somewhat of a dissappointment. This can't decide if it wants to be a counter culture movie with serious commentary about truckers or a Fast & Furious movie with 18 wheelers and the result is a mix of both. The first half is the better film but the second is more entertaining but just gets ridiuclous. There basically superheroes with trucks. The girl has no character, the other truckers really don't have anything that seperates them, and it feels like the plot just throws stuff at you that get more and more farfetched. The action scenes are good though and pretty cool but this just starts to get completely mindless and exploitative with trucks basically. It felt like it wanted to be a counter culture road movie kind of but just completely changes in the second half. If your a big fan of vehicle flicks like the Fast & Furious or a big fan of any actors in this maybe check this out. But most could skip this.

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Synopsis

Trucker Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald (Kris Kristofferson) and his buddies Pig Pen (Burt Young), Widow Woman (Madge Sinclair) and Spider Mike (Franklin Ajaye) use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace (Ernest Borgnine) 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.

Director: Sam Peckinpah
Producer: Robert M. Sherman
Screenwriter: Bill Norton
Production Co: EMI Films Ltd.
Rating: PG
Genre: Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 50m