KRISTOFFERSON AND MACGRAW… AIN’T NOTHIN’ GONNA GET IN THEIR WAY!
A group of truckers, unwillingly led by Martin āRubber Duckā Penwald (Kris Kristofferson), gets drawn into a feud with a small-town sheriff (Ernest Borgnine) that quickly escalates into a phenomenon.Ā Based on a popular song by C.W. McCall, this could be the dumbest movie Sam Peckinpah ever directed. Thereās no logic to the filmās central conflict or why hundreds of truckers would simply ignore their payload and join the convoyā¦ but itās still entertaining, with enjoyable action scenes. Kristofferson and Borgnine are fun as the hero and the villain, both good olā boys.
1978-U.S. 110 min. Color. Widescreen.Ā Directed byĀ Sam Peckinpah.Ā Cast:Ā Kris Kristofferson (Martin āRubber Duckā Penwald), Ali MacGraw (Melissa), Ernest Borgnine (Lyle āCottonmouthā Wallace), Burt Young, Madge Sinclair, Franklyn Ajaye.
Trivia:Ā James Coburn reportedly worked on the film as a second-unit director.