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jhutchi63 · **^ Top** #1 11.08.2006

Hi all,
I am trying to put together a complete list of movies and shows about truck driving, Thanks

TV SHOWS:

BJ and the Bear
Movin On
Cannonball
18 Wheels of Justice

Movies:

Convoy
White Line Fever
High Ballin
Breaker Breaker
Steel Cowboy
Flatbed Annie and Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
CB Hustlers
Truck Stop Women
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Black Dog
Black Top
Coast To coast
Joyride
Maximum Overdrive
Over The Top
Smokey And the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit 3
Citizens Band
Hijack
Moonfire
Road Games
Smokey and the Hotwire Gang
Thunder Run
Willa
Breakdown
Truckers woman
Duel
They Drive By night
Theives highway
Sorcerer
The Wages Of Fear
Deadhead Miles

pro1driver · **^ Top** #2 11.09.2006

BJ and the Bear.. this was a "joke" of a tv show............

Movin On...this was another "joke" of a tv show................

Cannonball....i don't remember this at all, so it couldn't have survived the usual "13 weeks" run on any network..............

18 Wheels of Justice.......i don't remember this one either, again, it had to be bad not to survive any weeks run, let alone 13.

the movies regarding trucking or 18 wheelers in general that i will watch are "Duel" (staring Dennis Weaver) and "They drive by night" (staring Humphrey Bogart).

most other "trucking" movies are trashy "kick the trucking industry down" that don't deserve my time (or money) at the theater..............(or on cable)

jhutchi63 · **^ Top** #3 11.19.2006

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Originally Posted by pro1driver

18 Wheels of Justice.......i don't remember this one either, again, it had to be bad not to survive any weeks run, let alone 13.

18 wheels of justice was a TNN original show that lasted 44 episodes... it wasn't all that bad... a story about a cop working undercover as a truck driver....

Burky · **^ Top** #4 11.19.2006

Actually, Cannonball was a Canadian based show that was produced in the late 50's, lasted for about 2 years. Two drivers, Mike Malone and Jerry Austin, drove their truck (an old 50's GMC 950 Cabover), around hauling any kind of cargo anywhere, and of course they ran into various situations and helped people along the way. In one episode, they had to evacuate someone in an iron lung, and had to keep it going in the trailer to keep the person alive.

Not too bad of an old show, though I don't think it ever made it onto DVD's. Played on reruns into the late 60's, but doesn't seem to be on anymore. Compared to the BJ and the Bear type of crapola, it was a reasonably realistic show for it's time.

pro1driver · **^ Top** #5 11.19.2006

ok, i don't watch TNN anymore, in fact, that too is defunct.

as for cannonball, i never saw that, and being from canada back then, i don't think it made it to american tv, at least not in its original format. i never even seen it in reruns.

in fact, i haven't seen "Highway Patrol"(with Brodrick Crawford 10-4 10-4, remember he would say that...?), or Car 54 (where are you?) on TVLand either. i would think those old shows would be good "filler" material.

anyhow, i posted my favorite movies earlier.

Burky · **^ Top** #6 11.19.2006

Cannonball made it to stateside tv, or I wouldn;t have seen it when i was younger. It's just not a show in demand and never made it into DVD. A lot of the older shows never have.

By the way, it's from the show that the old 50's GMC cabovers picked up the names of Cannonball's.

pro1driver · **^ Top** #7 11.19.2006

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Originally Posted by Burky

Cannonball made it to stateside tv, or I wouldn;t have seen it when i was younger. It's just not a show in demand and never made it into DVD. A lot of the older shows never have.

By the way, it's from the show that the old 50's GMC cabovers picked up the names of Cannonball's.

yes, but you live in michigan, i live in new england. those episodes could have been "selected market" and not all (continental) 48 state available.

anyhow, like i said, i ain't never seen of it or heard about it......and i ain't "under 50"....................(well, i still got 2 months to go)

skeezix · **^ Top** #8 11.22.2006

i also watched "cannonball" when i was a kid here in indiana. i rarely ever missed an episode. it portrayed truckers in a very positive light. i still remember the theme song. the old bubblenoe jimmy would become my favorite truck, and years later, i would come to own one (still do. it's a 1951 g.m.c. cabover).

b.j. and the bear was stupid at best, but not nearly as stupid as half the crap i've seen in truckstops over the years, and certainly not as stupid as 30 seconds on the c.b. every day.

jhutchi63 · **^ Top** #9 12.04.2006

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Originally Posted by skeezix

b.j. and the bear was stupid at best, but not nearly as stupid as half the crap i've seen in truckstops over the years, and certainly not as stupid as 30 seconds on the c.b. every day.

You aren't kidding about that!!!!!!!!!!!

Torino_Bob · **^ Top** #10 12.09.2006

Parker's Pickup

I found the DVD in the bargain bin somewhere. Be forewarned, if you find this movie it's painfully bad, the only saving grace being the Peterbilt 359 Corvette.

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