I started in trucking back then 1972. Those drivers were very very different from todays drivers. You had to be really dedicated to the trade. Almost all of them were WW2 and Korean vets so uncomfortable living conditions were nothing for them. Thank you for posting this movie.
I started in 1994 and I’m in my truck right now, as a matter of fact. You are correct, trucking has changed DRASTICALLY since the 1970’s, especially the drivers. I do occasionally run into these old timers who drove back then. They’re always entertaining to talk to!
My step dad drove for Milne truck lines in So Cal , in the mid 70's he was 14 th in seniority I drove with him once from LA to Tucson Az in a cab over and i fell asleep with that motor right next to me ! I must have been 13 or 14 at the time it was a cool trip and I got to see his life , after he said I could ride with him any time ...but my older brother . can't, because he wined all the time !
I started in 99 and things are way different today.. 😊 I run local heavy haul for a construction company and always have. If I didn’t have young kids I’d like to run long haul.
Im a 46 year driver medically retired. Those mechanical engines and the cabover bring back good memories. Times were different and drivers were different back in the day. My mentor that taught me to drive was a real truck driver. He drove a truck 54 years untill the drivers license changed from class 5 to commercial license and he hung it up after that. I used to sit enthralled at the stories he would tell especially before they built the interstates. When they opened i 16 from savannah ga to macon ga he could remember going from savannah ga to dublin ga and not meeting a single car. Amazing
Hey Farmer I was, born on October 10/18/1972 this tv show was, out in September 9/26/1973 a, month before my, first birthday this kinda reminds of a,early version of Black Dog in 1995 and, a bit of White line fever all rap in to one basically
I love those days, things were so much more simple, vinyl records, land lines and pay phones. I had a 1972 Dodge Charger like the one in the movie, I grew up around cabover White Freightliner's. I had a ear-to-ear grin during the whole movie.
@@rogerrendzak8055 ever heard of " live & let live" ? know what it means u frikken asshole? u have no right to talk to an elder like that! i don't care if u don't like the music, i don't like U ! if we want to live in the past, what's it to U?? take ur lil' garbage music & stick it up ur frikn ass!
David Jansen a fine actor back when trucking was trucking I drove for almost 30yrs retiring in 2019 will tell you this once that highway Gypsy feeling gets a hold of you it's hard to get it out of your blood stream trucking today is very corporate you don't hear trucking singers such as Dave Dudley or Red Solvine unless you tune to a country classics radio station this was the good ole days of trucking what you just seen take care and Happy New Year.
I remember the Convoy song playing on the radio in my Dad's garage when I was like 6 yrs. old. Whoever did that song had a deep deep voice like Johnny Cash. Yes, the good old days.
I rememberd my past .... some time ago I was a truck Driver too may be 5 years I was driving an Isuzu.... I went every where in my country even in war affected areas ... It s fun..... God bless all truck drivers
Kind of reminded me of Duel, a little!! I grew up in AZ in the 50s & we visited CA alot! These roadside places including the Roadrunner Truck Stop was very familiar to me! Nostalgia at it's Best!😊
My goodness, what memories! I remember seeing this movie when it first aired on TV back in 1973. I liked it with all of the action it has. David Jansen and Keenan Wynn made a good team. Thanks for posting this movie.
Back when you could do convoys and not get pulled over because today if you have more then 2 trucks that is a convoy and it is illegal to do a convoy without government permission. Today convoys are considered a threat and the only convoys you will see are military convoys
Ron Suarez I got some alarming news for ya. David Janssen died in 1980 at just 48 years old. Allegedly he smoked 3 packs a day and drank like a fish for 30 years. That's a lot of self-abuse for anybody to do to themselves. Real shame as David Janssen was a good actor. A very versatile film maker. The best of a good bunch. Same thing with Patrick Swayze. Allegedly he smoked 2 packs a day and drank like a fish for well over 20 years. Poor soul died at just 56 years old. People reading this now, can't we learn anything from these 2 poor souls that were taken from us too early? If we love and miss them as much as we claim, then can't we learn from their bad luck as to how not to end up?
Wow! Driving a big rig back then in the desert, no AC, power steering, cell phones, laptops, big fancy truck stops. Grueling! Wore me out just watching him fighting that big steering wheel. God bless them!
@Daniel M I believe you. I have driven a tractor which with direct steering, that would whip the steering wheel around if it wandered into a deep that. Either steer it with your palms or hang onto the wheel with a vice like grip.
You know it's gonna be a good movie when David Janssen is the main character! After watching this movie turned out to be way better than I initially expected in terms of plot, action and acting, especially for a relatively low budget random 70's movie! 9/10.
I am 66 years old now and never drove for a living, but I had a uncle that was the constable in Sarasota Florida and when he retired, he went in the trucking business. My father-in-law owns trucks ran cross country, so I think everyone in the world has some association with truckers in one way or the other you can’t get around it you can’t get away from it because without them, where would we be? everything that we have was on a truck at one time . I love watching these movies. Looking at the cab overs ! Thanks for sharing this movie with us here in south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️
...yes bring back '''cannonball run and ""BIG-BUBBA-""...riding SHOTGUN""- those were the BEST''...with that '''jiveAss''...slim-pickens'''...always the '''Villian-'''...CB-RADIO-TALK- is much like these computer abbreviations and '''EBONICS-""....street-TALK-'''...is ...today'''...just LOVE HEARING THOSE JAKE-BRAKES- and that 3406-A...13-spd. is what i drove 24''-RUBBER-& 265-inch wheeLBASE-'''...that baby would cruise @ 75-mph...
..Jan-MichaeL-Vincent...He was O/O...(Owner-Operator)...Him & His Wife & KiD Lived in TRUCK ...believe they were giving him LOADS that couldn''t Pay The $$$ BiLLS...He THEN DROVE...80...THOUSAND-LB...18...WheeLer...Right ...Through...CORPORATE*-HeadQuarters...That was ...BadAss...'''FLICK'''...
@@charleskerr9632 ...with Kris -Kristofferson-...Mr.-BadAss...''EXPLOSIVES""...did you Not ...'''READ"'...sign..on ...side of my ...''TRUCK''...POLICE""...cleared ...OUT...i couldn''t stop ...Laughing...those were ...some ...sorry...Ass...Cops...LoL-...YOU WOULD NEED SIX-PACK-...pizza-& HOT-Wings-""... to REALLY ENJOY that ...one...
Being a long haul truck driver myself by all means this was one heck of a good movie I laughed when the truck got to the receiver burned and all. But the load got there :-)
David Jaansen was really good in the Fugitive and He even played Richard Diamond early. This Movie could have maybe made a TV Series also, like movin on! Him and the old Man making Runs across the country and having different dangerous Adventures!
@@Ben.jack.in.off.to.you1 Yes, that's why I said he's a great guy, because he gave his driving mate $3000 and not the $1000 he was supposed to get. And he didn't even tell him that their "employer" had told him the driving mate was to get only $1000. He spared him knowing that and made him think it was to be split equally all along. Real friendship!
Amen 🙏💙🙏 this world would STOP if not for the sacrifice that they make 💜💗💖 to all the people who go unthanked...God bless each of ya n a massive THANK YOU 💖💗💜⛟ keep'r between the lines ❣❣❣
As a 30 year truck driver myself, I love these old trucking movies. I’ve been in that very weigh station were they were told they were overweight. It’s on northbound I-5 near Valencia, CA across from Magic Mountain before you get to the Grapevine. I learned how to descend steep grades on that mountain, which reminds me: if they’re going to Houston, why the hell are they rolling north on I-5?? 😂
Love these kind of trucker movies, reminds me of my Dad. He drove truck from Washington State From 1974 - 1993, when he died from a brain tumor. My sister , mother and I would go with him every summer until I was 14. We went every where. The only places we didn't go to were Florida and Mexico. It was very fun and we got to see a lot of things, well sorta , some as we drove by fast lol And very few bathroom breaks. Learned how to use a plastic milk jug very well for that , even bouncing around in the sleeper . I think that's pretty good talent lol , Saw a few scary people also. I look back now and think my dad had a little more stress taking us girl's with him in some of the area's. I would still love to truck again.
That's a very cool story. I live in Windsor,Ontario,Canada which is right across from Detroit & both Windsor & Detroit are the automotive capitols of there country. My Grand Father is a very well known trucker here in Canada, at one time he was the oldest trucker in Canada & another amazing thing to that,not one single accident,now that's amazing. He retired at 65 but didn't last a year & said I can't handle this if I'm gonna sit in my recliner at home I'd rather sit in my Kentworth hauling beer for Labatt brewery lol. So he went back to trucking and when all was said & done when he finally retired he drove truck for over 60yrs,now that's impressive. Ken "King" Cole King of the Road.
+Dale Sutherland That is a very long career I am sure my dad would still be trucking if he would not have died He was 46 and died of a brain tumor. Kenworth that is the way to go . :) My dad never had a accident either, but he had seen some real nasty one's. This guy was coming down Stevens pass Washington state lost his brakes fully loaded made it almost to the bottom and one car didn't move out of the way . My dad saw it stopped and heard some one yelling dad finally found him he was smashed between the fifth wheel and the trailer. god knows how that happened my dad saw him and told him to hang on he would get some help my dad actually got sick after he had stepped away from him to call for help. then my dad went back and stayed with the guy talking to him , the guy was having a conversation with my dad , but when they took the trailer off the top of him he died. It is a terrible story but I am glad dad was there to be with the guy until he died. I wouldn't be surprised if your Grandfather and my dad met some where along the way. Dad was very well know too. He actually delivered load's to Detroit all the time . now that I have written a book. lol It is nice to have some one to talk to about old times Not many people pretty much grew up in a truck .every summer . There are so many stories , I was with him in the front seat when a lot of them happened
+me D My Dad drove for a potato chip distributor. Took me with him once all over his route. Best day I ever had with Dad. Stopped at *Parker's on Old 99 the lady there thought I was the cutest lil guy she'd ever seen. Give me a big ole candy bar and lovin' me up. Dad got the new Ford COE 4 best driver there. I was 8 or 9. America back then was the cats meow. What happened to us?*
I'm a driver Texas Class A driver and I feel the same way! When I was a kid and a White Freightliner came by I always gave him a arm pump for the horn!!!
What would a trucker from 1973 think of smartphones and GPS? This was 2 years before CB radios caught on and the superslabs weren't in full force until the mid-80s. Couldn't help thinking the ending was a bit like Road Warrior but I had a good laugh when they stole the bad guys' walkie-talkie and blew the roadblock!
I started in 76, I don't think drivers today have the motivation to truck like that. Women at truck stops aren't as hot either . That's pretty good that Jansen scored out in the desert, try that today.
I haven't seen a cab-over in a very long time. By the way, if you like this, then you're gonna love Birds of Prey where Jansen flies a radio station traffic copter. Awesome. Especially with the original music.
Been seeing a lot more of them in the Midwest due to the part shortages on semis Lot more rigs are being taken out of retirement and restoration projects and being put back to work
I'm a Texas Class A driver and I love these ole gear grindin tire shreddin movies! Keep them wheels turnin and the miles burnin!! The 1 and only BIG TOP GUN!!
loved this truck movie . they don't use old trucks in movies anymore they use newer ones . I like the early 1960s and 1980s truck movies. the laws were a lot different then they are now
Any movie or TV series the fugitive or Harry O with David Jansen I totally love it.Also he was in a made for tv movie RMS Titanic where he played John Jacob Astor the millionaire .Thank you for this terrific movie that I've never seen!
not what I expected and.... much better than I expected. of an era with, and in similar vein to: Charley Varrick, Electra Glide in Blue, Vanishing Point, Duel..... thank you for this upload
Probably the greatest helicopter stunt flying in any movie is in "Birds Of Prey" starring David Janssen. Came out in 1974 and its on here complete somewhere.
@@tieroneactual2228 Yea Big Dog..And the new truck stop coiming soon at 57/30....i'M PUTTIN A cb IN MY TRAVELING VAN...i WAS THE mIDNIGHT cOWBOY,THEN jESSE JAMES..gUESS I'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH A NEW NAME...aS I'M GOING ON VACATION SOON...
I cut sheets of steel for Crown Steel for 10 years..In plant one and two in orrvilleOhio. I know every part on that White Freightliner cab...Later on i drove the White Freightliner and i loved it..
Notice prices in pit stops? Then they were in cents not dollars. Of course min wages were $1.25 rather $15 / hour now. Life was much simpler without complaints.
+Rick S My uncle had a COE Kenworth back in the late 70s. One issue with those is when you have to work on the engine. Better tie everything down in the BEFORE you lift the cab LOL
Back in my driving days they were called "Yard Dogs", because they couldn't hack it out on the road for the "Long Haul" But I guess "Mule Drivers" would Fit too.
Dunno why the COEs are in Europe,a nd why there aren't anymore in the US. Once upon a time everyone made them, Pete, Ken, Volvo, Freightliner, International.
Never heard of this ,But Wow David Janssen what a team ,What a bloody team from the Early 1970s and Keenan Wynn,Wonder what year this came out ? Couldn't tell but looks like 1973 time ,Love Classic Trucker movies ❤️A Classic Gem that's only 63 mins long ,R I P those who were cast in this .
@@PedalToTheMetal61888 Yes, he found the one-armed man who had killed his wife. The guy confessed to him that he'd done it, but tried to kill the fugitive. Gerard, who'd been dogging him all the time he was on the run, shot the one-armed man, so there was only Kimble's word for it about the confession. And then there was little twist.
Those were the good old days of trucking I grew up in that era my dad also worked for the trucking company as an office worker. We watched as it started to go down and now it’s totally different.
I enjoyed watchin this film ty :) for uploadin this movie I love hearing those old truck engine as u rev it n vroom tht sound is amazing to hear!. my grandfather worked for Sandestin trucking company he always drove his 1962/63 whie freightliner but he crashed into a bridge underpass n died..w his two front wheels popping n boom died
thanks man but the reason was because we think he fell asleep and yeah so never knew what happened because firestone company at that time was goin thru a huge lawsuit of defective tires n he kept ordering tires and they were defective and so the two front blew n he couldnt control it n crashed into the underpass of the bridge in san joaquin ca.
David, I remember him from The 120 Fugitive on teli. I wase a kid, 10 years, and were kleant to the skreen, every Sutherday. I mis him, he was and will always bee good. Greathings from denmark
There was a trucking movie i've searched for fruitlessly, don't know the name. They were hauling something (maybe a nuke?) in a cab-over with a machine gun in a turret on the roof of the cab. Sometime late in the movie it gets jammed and will only shoot off to the right...
The cafe was located in Perrblossom, CA. Passed it many times on our way to Las Vegas.
I am David Janssen fan, but I never heard of this movie. Thanks for Posting. The plot sounds like it inspired Smokey and the Bandit.
I started in trucking back then 1972. Those drivers were very very different from todays drivers. You had to be really dedicated to the trade. Almost all of them were WW2 and Korean vets so uncomfortable living conditions were nothing for them. Thank you for posting this movie.
Was trucking a redneck thing in the old days or was that just a stereotype 😄 ?
My dad was a steel cowboy/hillbilly.
Thanks.
I started in 1994 and I’m in my truck right now, as a matter of fact. You are correct, trucking has changed DRASTICALLY since the 1970’s, especially the drivers. I do occasionally run into these old timers who drove back then. They’re always entertaining to talk to!
Listening to truckers on CB back then, was better than the cops on my scanner.
My step dad drove for Milne truck lines in So Cal , in the mid 70's he was 14 th in seniority I drove with him once from LA to Tucson Az in a cab over and i fell asleep with that motor right next to me ! I must have been 13 or 14 at the time it was a cool trip and I got to see his life , after he said I could ride with him any time ...but my older brother . can't, because he wined all the time !
I started in 99 and things are way different today.. 😊 I run local heavy haul for a construction company and always have. If I didn’t have young kids I’d like to run long haul.
I"m surprised I liked this movie so much.
David and Keenan were a good team.
Fun truckin movie. Nice ending.
I miss the days when men were men.
Anything with David Janssen is A+!
Good movie brings back old memories of when I was a young adult.
I love hearing all the Detroit 6,8, and 12V71 motors in all of the trucks and buses…
... IS THAT YOU ' CLARKSON?'
I was wondering when this was filmed and where now I know from the comments!
Im a 46 year driver medically retired. Those mechanical engines and the cabover bring back good memories. Times were different and drivers were different back in the day. My mentor that taught me to drive was a real truck driver. He drove a truck 54 years untill the drivers license changed from class 5 to commercial license and he hung it up after that. I used to sit enthralled at the stories he would tell especially before they built the interstates. When they opened i 16 from savannah ga to macon ga he could remember going from savannah ga to dublin ga and not meeting a single car. Amazing
David Jansen did loads of good movies back in the day.
They don't make movies like this anymore. This one is a gem.
Hello Alex how are you doing today ?
And How! Incredible.
Check out Moon of the Wolf. A keeper.
Scream of the Wolf... another gem.
I remember watching this in the early 1970's when it came out. Man, I'm old.
Hey Farmer I was, born on October 10/18/1972 this tv show was, out in September 9/26/1973 a, month before my, first birthday this kinda reminds of a,early version of Black Dog in 1995 and, a bit of White line fever all rap in to one basically
Hello farmer how are you doing today ?
@@jasonloveless665 hey Jason
Me too. Movies like this and the show movin on inspired me to be a trucker. Spent 46 years on the road. Now I'm medically retired and I sure miss it.
I love those days, things were so much more simple, vinyl records, land lines and pay phones. I had a 1972 Dodge Charger like the one in the movie, I grew up around cabover White Freightliner's. I had a ear-to-ear grin during the whole movie.
Today. They don't have cab over trucks anymore. Most of them are fire engines, or trash trucks. Most of those trucks are sold overseas now.
Ya forgot viet-nam
I learned to drive truck in a international cabover with Detroit diesel and straight 10.
Stop living, in the past. Probably still listening, to that old garbage music, too. Live, for now!!!!
@@rogerrendzak8055 ever heard of " live & let live" ? know what it means u frikken asshole?
u have no right to talk to an elder like that! i don't care if u don't like the music, i don't like U !
if we want to live in the past, what's it to U?? take ur lil' garbage music & stick it up ur frikn ass!
Watching these trucker movies brings back memories when I was on the road.Good stuff
David Jansen a fine actor back when trucking was trucking I drove for almost 30yrs retiring in 2019 will tell you this once that highway Gypsy feeling gets a hold of you it's hard to get it out of your blood stream trucking today is very corporate you don't hear trucking singers such as Dave Dudley or Red Solvine unless you tune to a country classics radio station this was the good ole days of trucking what you just seen take care and Happy New Year.
Now days more people drive trains more than trucks!
Hello Steven how are you doing today ?
I remember the Convoy song playing on the radio in my Dad's garage when I was like 6 yrs. old. Whoever did that song had a deep deep voice like Johnny Cash. Yes, the good old days.
@@T1C45C.W. McCall.
I rememberd my past .... some time ago I was a truck Driver too may be 5 years I was driving an Isuzu.... I went every where in my country even in war affected areas ... It s fun.....
God bless all truck drivers
I've been driving a semi truck for over 35 years this is one of my good movies that I love plus dual and convoy and moving on and BJ and the Bear
Loved Movin On with the great Claude Akins.
@@natureboy1313 with Frank Converse
@@Mrbest-cw9nn Yes, cannot forget him. They made a great team and show.
Great film from the old days. Always liked David Janssen. Thanks too much for this upload.
Hello Howard how are you doing today ?
Kind of reminded me of Duel, a little!! I grew up in AZ in the 50s & we visited CA alot! These roadside places including the Roadrunner Truck Stop was very familiar to me! Nostalgia at it's Best!😊
Hey, at least the Triple T in Tucson is still around. I love that place, talk about nostalgia! It was featured in “White Line Fever.”
Now I’m gonna be comes a big time truck driver. Awesome thank you.
awesome 70's truck movie - and the 70's music too love it and 70's california wish i lived there then
David Jansen as The Fugitive in this week's episode, 'Please don't steal my truck!'
My goodness, what memories! I remember seeing this movie when it first aired on TV back in 1973. I liked it with all of the action it has. David Jansen and Keenan Wynn made a good team. Thanks for posting this movie.
Loved Keenan in Combat!
It's an old movie geez
I like this movie cause I used to have this movie on a CD that I had
Then when I had it I watched it through, cause it had a trivia questions after the movie .
What a good old movie.
What a great movie! I agree DJ and KW made a great team and this could easily have been developed into a series 👍
Hello Rick how are you doing today ?
I love these 70"s TV movies. Thanks, it brings back memories.
it certainly does.
I was born in 2005 but I love 70s truck movies
Trucking is my dream job
Back when you could do convoys and not get pulled over because today if you have more then 2 trucks that is a convoy and it is illegal to do a convoy without government permission. Today convoys are considered a threat and the only convoys you will see are military convoys
Ron Suarez I got some alarming news for ya. David Janssen died in 1980 at just 48 years old. Allegedly he smoked 3 packs a day and drank like a fish for 30 years. That's a lot of self-abuse for anybody to do to themselves. Real shame as David Janssen was a good actor. A very versatile film maker. The best of a good bunch.
Same thing with Patrick Swayze. Allegedly he smoked 2 packs a day and drank like a fish for well over 20 years. Poor soul died at just 56 years old.
People reading this now, can't we learn anything from these 2 poor souls that were taken from us too early? If we love and miss them as much as we claim, then can't we learn from their bad luck as to how not to end up?
Wow! Driving a big rig back then in the desert, no AC, power steering, cell phones, laptops, big fancy truck stops. Grueling! Wore me out just watching him fighting that big steering wheel. God bless them!
Looks like it would break your finger tips if you let go at the wrong time.
@Daniel M I believe you. I have driven a tractor which with direct steering, that would whip the steering wheel around if it wandered into a deep that. Either steer it with your palms or hang onto the wheel with a vice like grip.
@Daniel M always hold the rim of the wheel and keep your fingers out of it
im like why does he need gloves?.. now I get it.
They had AC, open the windows doing 50 MPH
You know it's gonna be a good movie when David Janssen is the main character!
After watching this movie turned out to be way better than I initially expected in terms of plot, action and acting, especially for a relatively low budget random 70's movie! 9/10.
All dull
Really enjoyed this movie. Not 1 dull moment.
Very good movie, believable, no technology bullshit! Thank you. Please upload more like this 🙏 ❤️
Nothing like real classic movie. Sure miss those days.
I am 66 years old now and never drove for a living, but I had a uncle that was the constable in Sarasota Florida and when he retired, he went in the trucking business. My father-in-law owns trucks ran cross country, so I think everyone in the world has some association with truckers in one way or the other you can’t get around it you can’t get away from it because without them, where would we be? everything that we have was on a truck at one time . I love watching these movies. Looking at the cab overs ! Thanks for sharing this movie with us here in south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️
This movie should be on dvd and cable
A great film which I haven't seen before the late great David Janssen if he's in a movie you can't go wrong love him so much x
Great movie from the good old days!!! Thanks too much for putting this up for us!
Thanks for this old classic trucker movie , I love them!
Hello Keith how are you doing today ?
I’m okay and you?
@@keithfurlow5024 I’m doing good, thanks so much for asking.
@@keithfurlow5024 hope all is well with you?
love these trucker movies you tube needs more of them
...yes bring back '''cannonball run and ""BIG-BUBBA-""...riding SHOTGUN""- those were the BEST''...with that '''jiveAss''...slim-pickens'''...always the '''Villian-'''...CB-RADIO-TALK- is much like these computer abbreviations and '''EBONICS-""....street-TALK-'''...is ...today'''...just LOVE HEARING THOSE JAKE-BRAKES- and that 3406-A...13-spd. is what i drove 24''-RUBBER-& 265-inch wheeLBASE-'''...that baby would cruise @ 75-mph...
CONVOY!!!! 😎😎😎😎
..Jan-MichaeL-Vincent...He was O/O...(Owner-Operator)...Him & His Wife & KiD Lived in TRUCK ...believe they were giving him LOADS that couldn''t Pay The $$$ BiLLS...He THEN DROVE...80...THOUSAND-LB...18...WheeLer...Right ...Through...CORPORATE*-HeadQuarters...That was ...BadAss...'''FLICK'''...
@@charleskerr9632 ...with Kris -Kristofferson-...Mr.-BadAss...''EXPLOSIVES""...did you Not ...'''READ"'...sign..on ...side of my ...''TRUCK''...POLICE""...cleared ...OUT...i couldn''t stop ...Laughing...those were ...some ...sorry...Ass...Cops...LoL-...YOU WOULD NEED SIX-PACK-...pizza-& HOT-Wings-""... to REALLY ENJOY that ...one...
Hi Ballin- Jerry Reed and Peter Fonda
Back when you could enjoy the open road without a damn cell phone 🤔
I remember those days, but I feel panicky at the thought of somebody attacking you on the road & you can't call for help when you need to!! 😟
Or GPS, flip flops, Bluetooth, SWIFT, turbans, idiots on CB, ELDs.....
@@lth7023 thats why you should carry a gun
I'll take back then
Hello how are you doing today ?
Being a long haul truck driver myself by all means this was one heck of a good movie I laughed when the truck got to the receiver burned and all. But the load got there :-)
Just the way i do it today.. nothing stops me from dropping my load.. nothing
I liked the action movies and tv shows of the 70s,80s,and 90s,well written!!!!!
David Jaansen was really good in the Fugitive and He even played Richard Diamond early. This Movie could have maybe made a TV Series also, like movin on! Him and the old Man making Runs across the country and having different dangerous Adventures!
YES INDEED
I remember watching this as an 8 year old. These were great movies!
David Collison I was 6 years old. Got some alarming news for ya. David Janssen died in 1980 at just 48 years old. Go figure????
Hello David how are you doing today ?
Great movie! It reminds me of my dad who was a hard working man and took pride in work well done!
We have to give these guys more credit lorry drivers I mean
Thanks for posting this movie. I remember the last time I saw it was when it first aired on the ABC Tuesday movie of the week. Really enjoy watching
He gets offered $5000 for the job and $1000 for his driving mate. And when he gets outside the door, he tell the old man it's $3000 each. Great guy.
are u thick in the head
@@Ben.jack.in.off.to.you1 That's friendship!
@@clearday9525 it all = 6000 so they halve it.
@@Ben.jack.in.off.to.you1 Yes, that's why I said he's a great guy, because he gave his driving mate $3000 and not the $1000 he was supposed to get. And he didn't even tell him that their "employer" had told him the driving mate was to get only $1000. He spared him knowing that and made him think it was to be split equally all along. Real friendship!
Enough talk... let's get our gear.
I'm a truck driver also. Ya, they blow there horns a lot, but remember, it's a movie. Was a good one. Keep on truckin drivers. be safe.
i honk all the time in L.A Cali
If you guys don't blow your horns, who will?
Without trucks, the country stops.. Any large country.
..just don''t get ..PULLED OVER...with ...THAT ...LOCOMOTIVE-TRAIN-HORN-'''...its ...OUTLAWED out on ...i-80...TOWARDS...IOWA...
Horns on a truck used to be heard as greetings along the hghiway to hitchers and hikers. Now the Law gives citations for unnecessary noise.
Amen 🙏💙🙏 this world would STOP if not for the sacrifice that they make 💜💗💖 to all the people who go unthanked...God bless each of ya n a massive THANK YOU 💖💗💜⛟ keep'r between the lines ❣❣❣
Great old movie BRILLIANT thank you so much from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
As a 30 year truck driver myself, I love these old trucking movies. I’ve been in that very weigh station were they were told they were overweight. It’s on northbound I-5 near Valencia, CA across from Magic Mountain before you get to the Grapevine. I learned how to descend steep grades on that mountain, which reminds me: if they’re going to Houston, why the hell are they rolling north on I-5?? 😂
Love these kind of trucker movies, reminds me of my Dad. He drove truck from Washington State From 1974 - 1993, when he died from a brain tumor. My sister , mother and I would go with him every summer until I was 14. We went every where. The only places we didn't go to were Florida and Mexico. It was very fun and we got to see a lot of things, well sorta , some as we drove by fast lol And very few bathroom breaks. Learned how to use a plastic milk jug very well for that , even bouncing around in the sleeper . I think that's pretty good talent lol , Saw a few scary people also. I look back now and think my dad had a little more stress taking us girl's with him in some of the area's. I would still love to truck again.
That's a very cool story. I live in Windsor,Ontario,Canada which is right across from Detroit & both Windsor & Detroit are the automotive capitols of there country. My Grand Father is a very well known trucker here in Canada, at one time he was the oldest trucker in Canada & another amazing thing to that,not one single accident,now that's amazing. He retired at 65 but didn't last a year & said I can't handle this if I'm gonna sit in my recliner at home I'd rather sit in my Kentworth hauling beer for Labatt brewery lol. So he went back to trucking and when all was said & done when he finally retired he drove truck for over 60yrs,now that's impressive. Ken "King" Cole King of the Road.
+Dale Sutherland That is a very long career I am sure my dad would still be trucking if he would not have died He was 46 and died of a brain tumor. Kenworth that is the way to go . :) My dad never had a accident either, but he had seen some real nasty one's. This guy was coming down Stevens pass Washington state lost his brakes fully loaded made it almost to the bottom and one car didn't move out of the way . My dad saw it stopped and heard some one yelling dad finally found him he was smashed between the fifth wheel and the trailer. god knows how that happened my dad saw him and told him to hang on he would get some help my dad actually got sick after he had stepped away from him to call for help. then my dad went back and stayed with the guy talking to him , the guy was having a conversation with my dad , but when they took the trailer off the top of him he died. It is a terrible story but I am glad dad was there to be with the guy until he died. I wouldn't be surprised if your Grandfather and my dad met some where along the way. Dad was very well know too. He actually delivered load's to Detroit all the time . now that I have written a book. lol It is nice to have some one to talk to about old times Not many people pretty much grew up in a truck .every summer . There are so many stories , I was with him in the front seat when a lot of them happened
Dale Sutherland that's sounds like my family dad and uncles and me until I got hurt
+me D My Dad drove for a potato chip distributor. Took me with him once all over his route. Best day I ever had with Dad. Stopped at *Parker's on Old 99 the lady there thought I was the cutest lil guy she'd ever seen. Give me a big ole candy bar and lovin' me up. Dad got the new Ford COE 4 best driver there. I was 8 or 9. America back then was the cats meow. What happened to us?*
Thats talent for a girl lol i used pop bottles on long trips with dad ,
White Freightliner!!! true legend on the road!!!
First on the scene!
I'm a driver Texas Class A driver and I feel the same way! When I was a kid and a White Freightliner came by I always gave him a arm pump for the horn!!!
Houston? By Thursday? Let me make every stop between here n there!
It's amazing that the landscape between NY & Houston, in no way looks like SOCAL. ;)
What would a trucker from 1973 think of smartphones and GPS? This was 2 years before CB radios caught on and the superslabs weren't in full force until the mid-80s. Couldn't help thinking the ending was a bit like Road Warrior but I had a good laugh when they stole the bad guys' walkie-talkie and blew the roadblock!
I started in 76, I don't think drivers today have the motivation to truck like that. Women at truck stops aren't as hot either . That's pretty good that Jansen scored out in the desert, try that today.
Yea yea...well I enjoyed the movie, Thanks for posting...and I remember those times, trucking old school
Hello mark how are you doing today ?
Man what a trip!I love these movies of my Era!!
David Jansen was a fine actor, well told story.
Hello Doug how are you doing today ?
I haven't seen a cab-over in a very long time. By the way, if you like this, then you're gonna love Birds of Prey where Jansen flies a radio station traffic copter. Awesome. Especially with the original music.
Been seeing a lot more of them in the Midwest due to the part shortages on semis
Lot more rigs are being taken out of retirement and restoration projects and being put back to work
I'm a Texas Class A driver and I love these ole gear grindin tire shreddin movies! Keep them wheels turnin and the miles burnin!! The 1 and only BIG TOP GUN!!
Hello Thomas how are you doing today ?
The length laws have changed since then,so the is no market really for COE trucks.All bonneted trucks nowadays.Great film!
Spelling the guy who gave us Mod Squad! David Jannsen. William Schallert. Great Actors!
Skull Duggery 2 ABC Wednesday Movie Of The Week aired on September 26, 1973.
Great old days when trucking was trucking
9
What’s the difference
Today's drivers are bitches plain and simple
Hello Edward how are you doing today ?
......and you could buy bennies over the counter at 76 truck stops
loved this truck movie . they don't use old trucks in movies anymore they use newer ones . I like the early 1960s and 1980s truck movies. the laws were a lot different then they are now
'''LONG-NOSE-PETERBILT- 3406-CAT-& 13-spd.-&-24-inch-RUBBER"""...still ....rules''...case ...closed...
...HELL TEN-SPEED-BiCYCLE can ...OUT RUN these ...J.B.-HUNT...fuel-Squeezers'''...
the trucks in this film were new
"THEY" DO NOT USE TRUCKS PERIOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Barry how are you doing today ?
Any movie or TV series the fugitive or Harry O with David Jansen I totally love it.Also he was in a made for tv movie RMS Titanic where he played John Jacob Astor the millionaire .Thank you for this terrific movie that I've never seen!
When I first saw this movie I must have been about five years old I haven't seen a good movie like this in a long time
not what I expected and.... much better than I expected. of an era with, and in similar vein to: Charley Varrick, Electra Glide in Blue, Vanishing Point, Duel..... thank you for this upload
Love the sound of a DD, probably didn’t hear much else in that cab!
Detroit Diesel Power!!
Probably the greatest helicopter stunt flying in any movie is in "Birds Of Prey" starring David Janssen. Came out in 1974 and its on here complete somewhere.
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Excellent performance by David Janssen; overall good action movie.
I'll never get over how he died in 1980 at just 48 years old
I'm a Trucker That Love Trucks..Kool Movie😏
Fantastic movie...enjoyed every minute. Thanks for the upload
That's not just a Freightliner that's a White Freightliner I owned one back in the day great trucks
Orrville Ohio here...yep me toooooooo...lol...i run the dog shti outta mine and she never let me down...
@@goodluck458 That’s cool, we run past Rt.30 & Rt.57 all the time. Usually stop at Dalton Dairyette if we have time.
@@tieroneactual2228 Yea Big Dog..And the new truck stop coiming soon at 57/30....i'M PUTTIN A cb IN MY TRAVELING VAN...i WAS THE mIDNIGHT cOWBOY,THEN jESSE JAMES..gUESS I'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH A NEW NAME...aS I'M GOING ON VACATION SOON...
@@goodluck458hometown of Smuckers!! Love that jam and I’ve even been to Orville once.
I cut sheets of steel for Crown Steel for 10 years..In plant one and two in orrvilleOhio. I know every part on that White Freightliner cab...Later on i drove the White Freightliner and i loved it..
Notice prices in pit stops? Then they were in cents not dollars. Of course min wages were $1.25 rather $15 / hour now. Life was much simpler without complaints.
@Curtis Fleabag That sums it up, I never would have believed society went the way it has.
what a great retro movie thank you 🎥👍🚛......
Legend has it that the old man is still waiting for the traffic to return.
Irene (Lee Purcell) was 26 in that movie. Hottie ;)
Pickle jar for Hillary.......yeah their still waiting for the traffic to return in Radiator springs too!.
Totally predicable, one problem after another, always gets out of them.
Seeing the car at 14:19 makes me wish i had a Delorean Time Machine! Life was harder but simpler back then...
That is a 1932 Ford Victoria (Vicky) kit car anyone can build one if you have enough pocket change.
Люблю американские боевички 70х. Тягач по тем временам просто шикарный. Узнаю старый фред.
One helluva story. Great cast.
Hello nick how are you doing today ?
I dare to say the 1970's were great!!!😁😁
that's a sweet old freightshacker and I was thinking the same thing they cant make up their minds what engine sound they like so they use both.
I knew I'd seen this b4 when the old gal said their place was meant to be a big town. Great flick and a bit of a tearjerker.
Hello Howard how are you doing today ?
I loved driving those COE's, you feel like king of the road when you in one of these trucks.
+Rick S yeah you can turn on a dime
For years as a yard mule driver, I had to help out many conventional drivers. COE shines in tight spots.
+Rick S My uncle had a COE Kenworth back in the late 70s. One issue with those is when you have to work on the engine. Better tie everything down in the BEFORE you lift the cab LOL
Back in my driving days they were called "Yard Dogs", because they couldn't hack it out on the road for the "Long Haul" But I guess "Mule Drivers" would Fit too.
Dunno why the COEs are in Europe,a nd why there aren't anymore in the US. Once upon a time everyone made them, Pete, Ken, Volvo, Freightliner, International.
I. Gonna watch this no on my tv from Ireland here keep the great American classic s flowing I fucking love them
After a long time i watch a good truck movie..
Never heard of this ,But Wow David Janssen what a team ,What a bloody team from the Early 1970s and Keenan Wynn,Wonder what year this came out ? Couldn't tell but looks like 1973 time ,Love Classic Trucker movies ❤️A Classic Gem that's only 63 mins long ,R I P those who were cast in this .
David Jansen the right man for the job.
...did ..he ever GET CAUGHT...in ..that T.V.-series The ...''FUGITIVE'''...shut up i spelled it right ...
@@PedalToTheMetal61888 He was but they let him go
@@PedalToTheMetal61888 Yes, he found the one-armed man who had killed his wife. The guy confessed to him that he'd done it, but tried to kill the fugitive. Gerard, who'd been dogging him all the time he was on the run, shot the one-armed man, so there was only Kimble's word for it about the confession. And then there was little twist.
Hello Ted how are you doing today ?
I like the old lady in the middle of no where. Bless her :D
I've always liked those cabovers because they're easier to make turns, park, & maneuver in than conventional cabs.
I drove a cab over,flat floor...nice truck...for snieder trucking, green bay wi.they thought it was punishment,haha..I loved that truck
@@Westcoastgs what make was your cabover?
Hello Kevin how are you doing today ?
I Tony have been watching this movie since I was a kid thanks
Hello Anthony how are you doing today ?
David Jansen was at his best in the Fugitive. Great actor in action and suspense.
he was also a heavy drinker it nearly ended his career.
@@raphaelandrews3617 Heard that, but around 72 he cut down on his alcohol from 100 proof to 90 proof.
Hello bill how are you doing today ?
Those were the good old days of trucking I grew up in that era my dad also worked for the trucking company as an office worker. We watched as it started to go down and now it’s totally different.
Good movie from a good era
All the women had bushes
Neat how that TRuck changes from Two Stroke to 4 Stroke cumbustion ..cycles..
Hello mike how are you doing today ?
I enjoyed watchin this film ty :) for uploadin this movie I love hearing those old truck engine as u rev it n vroom tht sound is amazing to hear!. my grandfather worked for Sandestin trucking company he always drove his 1962/63 whie freightliner but he crashed into a bridge underpass n died..w his two front wheels popping n boom died
That's so sad RIP
thanks it really is you kno nothin to make fun of either.
The way they focused on the White Freightliner name it makes me think there was a little advertisement money from White Trucks.
I'm sorry to hear about your Grandad, My Condolences!
thanks man but the reason was because we think he fell asleep and yeah so never knew what happened because firestone company at that time was goin thru a huge lawsuit of defective tires n he kept ordering tires and they were defective and so the two front blew n he couldnt control it n crashed into the underpass of the bridge in san joaquin ca.
these are the kind of movies i would see on late at night lol. perfect for drifting off to sleep to.
"You sure picked a good time to start acting human". LOL
David, I remember him from The 120 Fugitive on teli. I wase a kid, 10 years,
and were kleant to the skreen, every Sutherday. I mis him, he was and will always bee good.
Greathings from denmark
you must love these truck movies you uploaded quite a few
28:50 Tire screeching sound is stock!! Same sound effect used on like every episode of Charlie's Angels.
Superior TV movie. I saw half of it on TV in 1974. Good to now be able to see the rest.
Love these old Movies. 👍👍
Hello Brian how are you doing today ?
There was a trucking movie i've searched for fruitlessly, don't know the name. They were hauling something (maybe a nuke?) in a cab-over with a machine gun in a turret on the roof of the cab. Sometime late in the movie it gets jammed and will only shoot off to the right...
My husband and I had a candy apple red can over Freightliner loved it
When things are tough, you go by the bush.