Returning from a stint in the Air Force, Carrol Jo Hummer borrows money to buy a truck, hoping to make enough money hauling produce to marry Jerri Kane and set up housekeeping. He discovers that the long-haul business is run by racketeers and decides to fight the corrupt forces that control the trucking business.
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Dick Miller's character is named R. "Birdie" Corman, a tribute to producer Roger Corman, who was a mentor to director Jonathan Kaplan.
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In a telephone conversation, one character says, "Go get Joe Dante". Director Joe Dante is an old friend of the film's director, Jonathan Kaplan, and, like Kaplan, is one of the legion of directors given his start by producer Roger Corman.
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In Jan. 1976, Columbia distributed this film theatrically on a double bill with Bite the Bullet (1975) starring Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen.
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Was commonly seen in the UK as the main film on a double bill with Peur sur la ville (1975).
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According to an article in the September 1, 1975 edition of Newsweek magazine, the scene where the truck crashes through the corrupt company's logo cost $130,000 ($630,000 in 2018) to stage and shoot.
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The primary truck used through most of the film is a 1974 Ford WT-9000. A total of six trucks were used for this film. The studio bought three and Ford supplied three.
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The scene where Carrol Jo is charging toward the Glass House they used 2 different Ford W 9000 tractors. Throughout the movie Carrol Jo's truck had polished 10 hole aluminum wheels and in this scene, the truck had 5 hole steel wheels
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Where Carrol Jo and Pops are being chased by the dark green truck, at one point they hit that truck as it's backing up. Afterwords when Pops walks around their truck, there is absolutely no damage to the front of Carrol Jo's rig.
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When Clem pulls up to where the deputy has the two truckers handcuffed to the rig, he is shown walking from the back of his Ford Ranchero carrying a box twice between shots.
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In the scene where Jeri and Carroll argue in the pickup, and Jeri gets out of the truck and walks down the sidewalk while Carroll pleads with her to get back inside, the shadow of the boom mic from the camera car in front of the pickup can be seen at the bottom left of the screen.
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In the scene where Carroll Jo is heading to the Glass house for revenge, officer Bob is sent after him to make him stop. Carroll Jo tries weaving around to run him off the road, if you look inside the tractor, you see "Pops" lean out the window and shoot at the police car. This scene happened after Pops was murdered!
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