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1970's Trucker Movies
Posted on 9/10/25 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 9/10/25 at 7:00 pm
I've been binge watching 1970's trucker movies for the last couple days now. I can't believe that I never watched these. They are great movies.
The movie posters back then were awesome as well. MMPGA (Make Movie Posters Great Again)
Anyone else like these type of movies? I watched Convoy this afternoon. Any other suggestions?
The movies I posted except for Convoy are free on Tubi.
The movie posters back then were awesome as well. MMPGA (Make Movie Posters Great Again)
Anyone else like these type of movies? I watched Convoy this afternoon. Any other suggestions?
The movies I posted except for Convoy are free on Tubi.
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Posted on 9/10/25 at 7:23 pm to RocknRollAZ
This post was edited on 9/10/25 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:36 pm to RocknRollAZ
I'm kind of curious to know what fueled all the trucker movies and songs in the 70s.
Was there one that was wildly successful that spawned a bunch of copycats?
Was there one that was wildly successful that spawned a bunch of copycats?
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:52 pm to PowerTool
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Was there one that was wildly successful that spawned a bunch of copycats?
Yes.
Smokey and the Bandit.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:07 pm to RocknRollAZ
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:10 pm to PowerTool
quote:
Was there one that was wildly successful that spawned a bunch of copycats?
Yes.
Smokey and the Bandit.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 11:12 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:It was happening before that.quote:Yes.
Was there one that was wildly successful that spawned a bunch of copycats?
Smokey and the Bandit.
Biker and Trucker movies evolved from westerns, which had waned in popularity.
There was was even a trucker TV series '74-6 called Movin' On w/Claude Akins, theme sung by Merle Haggard
SATB was essentially a parody of trucker movies.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 11:33 pm to PowerTool
quote:
I'm kind of curious to know what fueled all the trucker movies and songs in the 70s.
CB radio craze. You had to be there.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 5:05 am to RocknRollAZ
A somewhat popular TV show with a truckers theme that began at the end of the 70s was called BJ and the Bear. Like someone already said, the CB radio craze helped fuel a lot of it
Posted on 9/11/25 at 6:51 am to RocknRollAZ
As a fan of older trucks, I love these movies...
Duel was a great one IMHO
Duel was a great one IMHO
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:53 am to PowerTool
the 55 mph speed limit and CB radios what's the message to a 15 year old boy when he see's his father actively breaking the law talking into a CB, breaker breaker 19 i'm east bound on 40 you got a smokey report.
it was the greatest mass act of civil disobedience in our nations history.
it was the greatest mass act of civil disobedience in our nations history.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:09 am to dawgdayafternoon
duel wasn't a trucker movie, it was essentially "jaws" with a truck replacing the shark. it was speilbergs directorial debut.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:27 am to Kafka
My memories a little fuzzy. What came first trucker movies or trucker songs?
I remember a funny Commander Cody song around 73 or 74, Mama Hated Diesels So Bad.
I remember a funny Commander Cody song around 73 or 74, Mama Hated Diesels So Bad.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:29 am to PowerTool
quote:
I'm kind of curious to know what fueled all the trucker movies and songs in the 70s.
Was there one that was wildly successful that spawned a bunch of copycats?
Trucker movies were a modern way to have a protagonist arrive in a foreign area with a problem to solve.
Think "Have Gun Will Travel" and that archetype.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:48 am to SlowFlowPro
Guess we can include this one from 1986.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:52 am to RocknRollAZ
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Was Lot Lizards already taken?
Posted on 9/11/25 at 9:27 am to HueyLongJr
quote:This. You had Ford Pintos with whip antennae longer than the vehicle itself.
CB radio craze. You had to be there.
Kids had CB base sets in their bedrooms.
It was pre-internet internet, pre cell-phone cell-phones.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 9:37 am to Esquire
Humphrey Bogart and George Raft were in a trucker movie together as brothers named Paul and Joe Fabrini, who owned a truck in 'They Drive by Night' in 1940. The dad of the Skipper from Gilligan's Island, Alan Hale, is in t too.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 10:37 am to mauser
Hell, Six Days on the Road on the road was written in 1963. flying burrito brothers I think had the best version, but The biggest song I remember from my childhood was Convoy.by C. W. McCall
This post was edited on 9/11/25 at 10:43 am
Posted on 9/11/25 at 12:10 pm to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
quote:
CB radio craze. You had to be there.
This. You had Ford Pintos with whip antennae longer than the vehicle itself.
Kids had CB base sets in their bedrooms.
I still have my 120v to 12v converter for my 23 channel Realistic from the mid 70's. Had a magnetic antenna on mom's 73 Custom 500 (think Hutch's car) mounted to the roof with the cable routed through a window.
Yellow Jacket KASZ 5092
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