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27/06/1978 Action, Comedy, Drama 1h 52m
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Ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!

Overview

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.

  1. Sam Peckinpah

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kris Kristofferson

    Rubber Duck

  2. Ali MacGraw

    Melissa

  3. Burt Young

    Pig Pen

  4. Madge Sinclair

    Widow Woman

  5. Franklyn Ajaye

    Spider Mike

  6. Brian Davies

    Chuck Arnoldi

  7. Seymour Cassel

    Governor Haskins

  8. Cassie Yates

    Violet

  9. Walter Kelley

    Hamilton

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-05-16
I recall seeing this at the cinema at the time, and what a fuss there was. Not about the movie - but about the whole CB radio phenomena and, of course, the C.W. McCall song. Ernest Borgnine turns in quite a good effort as the savvy, but crooked, sheriff "Lyle" who finally pushes trucker "Rubber Duck" (Kris Kristofferson) and a few of his cohorts over the edge. A bar fight and a few heavily bruised cops necessitates them needing to flee to New Mexico and along the way their half dozen trucks start to attract others like magnets - and it's soon easily a mile long and posing an interesting proble...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$45,000,000.00

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