Convoy (1978)

Actors: Dolores Rubin (miscellaneous crew), Corey Burton (miscellaneous crew), Anne Lockhart (actress), Burt Young (actor), Kris Kristofferson (actor), Sam Peckinpah (director), Whitey Hughes (actor), Jorge Russek (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Spec O'Donnell (actor), Bill Coontz (actor), Ernest Borgnine (actor), Sam Peckinpah (actor), Charles A. Tamburro (miscellaneous crew), Ali MacGraw (actress),

Plot: While driving through the Arizona desert, Albuquerque based independent trucker Martin Penwald - who goes by the handle "Rubber Duck" - along with his fellow truckers "Pig Pen" and "Spider Mike", are entrapped by unscrupulous Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace using a key tool of the trucker's trade, the citizens' band (CB) radio. Rubber Duck and Cottonmouth have a long, antagonistic history. When this encounter later escalates into a more physical one as Cottonmouth threatens Spider Mike, a man who just wants to get home to his pregnant wife, Rubber Duck and other the truckers involved, including Spider Mike, Pig Pen and "Widow Woman", go on the run, figuring the best thing to do being to head to New Mexico to avoid prosecution. Along for the ride is Melissa, a beautiful photographer who just wanted a ride to the airport. As news of what happened spreads over the CB airwaves, other truckers join their convoy as a show of support. Cottonmouth rallies other law enforcement officers throughout the southwest, they who soon learn that stopping Rubber Duck, the face of the now highly public standoff, is not as easy as shooting him and the truck due to his highly explosive cargo. As the standoff escalates, New Mexico Governor Jerry Haskins joins the fray, he who sees the strong public support for the truckers being something on which he can capitalize politically.

Keywords: american-southwest, americana, automobile, bad-guy, based-on-song, beating, blackmail, car-accident, cb-radio, chase
Genres: Action, Drama,
Taglines: Kristofferson and MacGraw...ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!

Quotes:

Rubber Duck: Piss on you, and piss on your law.

Melissa: Well I think I've had just about enough of this, thank you very much. I'll think I'll take my things and GET OUT. If you'll pull over to the side, I'm sure I can hitch a ride very easily... Weren't you listening to me? I said I'm ready to get out!::Rubber Duck: You want out? We're being chased. You want out? Jump.::Melissa: You want to add the Mann Act to your collection?::Rubber Duck: Mann Act's for 18 year olds, not someone who's seen the better side of thirty!

Sheriff Lyle Wallace aka Cottonmouth: You oughta be shot right where you're standing! So help me if I had a gun, I'd do it myself!::Rubber Duck: That badge would make it alright, wouldn't it?

Melissa: Why do they call you the Duck?::Rubber Duck: Because it rhymes with "luck." See, my daddy always told me to be just like a duck. Stay smooth on the surface and paddle like the devil underneath!

Rubber Duck: You ever seen a duck that couldn't swim? Quack, quack!

Governer Jerry Haskins: A lonely breed... hard men, proud men... not too proud to cry or shed a tear. The living embodiment of the American cowboy tradition. Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to honor this great native American son who gave his life for a cause so vital to us all, like so many great Americans before him had. As you can see, these truckers are going to start passing, paying their respects to their lost comrade, the Rubber Duck, in their Macks, their Jimmies, K-Whoppers, Fruitliners, garbage trucks, dump trucks and even limousines... Truckers all! From the covered wagons and trains to the 18-wheelers that keep this country alive... This controlled individualism made this cause so vital that I promise to take it to Washington and present it to the Senate myself.

Melissa: But they're all following you.::Rubber Duck: [looks at Melissa then road] No, they ain't. I'm just in front of them.

Widow Woman: [kicking her overturned truck in disgust] This piece of white shit! I knew I should've bought myself a black truck!

Chuck Arnoldi: We'd like to know, is this convoy some sort of protest demonstration? And if it is, what's its purpose?::Rubber Duck: Purpose of a convoy is to keep movin'.

Officer Bookman: My name is Bob Bookman, sir, and I hate truckers.

Cattle Town (1952)

Actors: Dennis Morgan (actor), Philip Carey (actor), Charles Ferguson (actor), Boyd 'Red' Morgan (actor), Creighton Hale (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Al Haskell (actor), Carol Henry (actor), Merv Griffin (actor), Ed Hinton (actor), Fred Kelsey (actor), Jack Kenny (actor), Philo McCullough (actor), Charles Meredith (actor), Jay Novello (actor),

Plot: Following the Civil War, the state of Texas, needing money, sells land to a syndicate of northerners headed by Judd Hastings ('Ray Teal' (qv)). When Hastings demands the land, and the squatters refuses to vacate, the governor sends Mike McGann ('Dennis Morgan (I)' (qv)) to settle the issues. Eventually, McGann gets the ranchers to move on to other areas with their cattle, which Hastings also covets. McGann also falls in love with Hastings' daughter, Marian ('Amanda Blake (I)' (qv)).

Keywords: 1860s, ambush, archive-footage, b-movie, b-western, bar-shootout, carpetbagger, cattle, cattle-rustler, cattleman
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Western,
Taglines: The Kill-Mad War for the West's Grazing Country! THIS IS CATTLEMAN'S LAND, MISTER...and no man is tough enough to take it away! (original print ad) THE KILL-MAD WAR FOR THE WEST'S GRAZING COUNTRY! (original print ad-all caps) THE BATTLE OF THE CATTLE BARONS! (original poster-all caps) HERD AGAINST HERD! Barricades battered...the ranchlands gored...(original print ad) Singin' Mike, who softly crooned for the ladies...while his bullets hummed for the law! (ORIGINAL PRINT AD)

The Texas Rangers (1951)

Actors: Edward Earle (actor), Trevor Bardette (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), John L. Cason (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Jim Bannon (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), John Dehner (actor), John Doucette (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), George Eldredge (actor),

Plot: It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.

Keywords: opening-action-scene, outlaw, ranger, street-shootout
Genres: Western,

Corpus Christi Bandits (1945)

Actors: Jack Kirk (actor), Allan Lane (actor), Ben Johnson (actor), Foxy Callahan (actor), Allan Lane (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), Jack Evans (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Neal Hart (actor), Tom London (actor),

Plot: In flashback, Mr. Christi relates the story of his father Corpus Christi Jim. After robbing a stage, Jim and partners Rocky and Steve decide to go straight and return the money. But the fourth member of the gang, Spade refuses and leaves. The two former partners soon find themselves on opposite sides of the law.

Keywords: 1860s, 1940s, alias, ancestor, army-pilot, b-movie, b-western, bandit, bartender, character-name-in-title
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance, War, Western,
Taglines: VENGEANCE WAS THEIR CRY! (original release) FORCED TO TURN OUTLAW!!...to wipe out the stigma of a faked criminal record! EXCITING STORY OF THE GOOD- BAD MAN OF THE WEST WITH A ZEST FOR THRILLS AND A YEN FOR ACTION! (original poster)

The Law Comes to Texas (1939)

Actors: Dwight Caldwell (editor), Joseph Levering (director), Buzz Barton (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Ben Corbett (actor), Jim Corey (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), Paul Everton (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Jack Ingram (actor), Charles King (actor),

Plot: Dean, the Bailey County Judge, is the boss of both the outlaw gang and the Sheriff. He utilizes the state law that Sheriffs have jurisdiction only in their own county. After a raid the gang merely returns to the safety of Bailey County. The Governor sends Lawyer John Hayes. When he has no success as a Lawyer he leaves town only to return disguised as an outlaw with a scheme that will nab all the culprits.

Keywords: corruption, crooked-sheriff
Genres: Western,
Taglines: Thrill with Bill!

Cowboys from Texas (1939)

Actors: Yakima Canutt (actor), Al Haskell (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Jack Kirk (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Robert Livingston (actor), Murdock MacQuarrie (actor), Charles King (actor), Lew Meehan (actor), Charles Middleton (actor), Ivan Miller (actor), Jack Montgomery (actor), Horace Murphy (actor), Forbes Murray (actor),

Plot: Texas has opened up land for homesteaders. Clay Allison wants their land and has his men led by Plummer try to start a range war between them and the ranchers. With each side suspecting the other of their problems, the Mesquiteers realize someone else is responsible. Stony suspects Plummer and fakes leaving the Mesquiteers to join Plummer's gang hoping to find out who it is.

Keywords: 1900s, austin-texas, b-movie, b-western, bandit, brawl, cattleman, dam, daughter, disguise
Genres: Western,
Taglines: 3 Good Reasons WHY BAD MEN RUN FOR COVER (original print ad)

Guns of the Pecos (1937)

Actors: Gene Alsace (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Bob Card (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Art Dillard (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Dick Foran (actor), Gordon Hart (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor), Jack Kirk (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor),

Plot: When Major Burton is killed and his horses rustled, Ranger Steve Ainslee joins the outlaws in their drive north. Seeing Judge Blake's name on the payoff check, Steve plans to trap Blake and arrest him. When his plan fails and he is arrested instead, Blake incites the townsmen to lynch him.

Keywords: agitator, aunt-niece-relationship, b-movie, b-western, badlands, bedroom, boots, capture, confession, court-trial
Genres: Western,
Taglines: HE RIDES WITH THE RANGERS! (original poster) HELL-BENT FOR THRILLS! (original poster) Dick Foran rides with the Lone Star Rangers to bring law and order to the Bad Lands...new spine-tingling action for you! (original poster)

Quotes:

Aunt Carrie: Do you believe in love at first sight?::Jeff Carter: Yeah, I reckon I do, but I don't see very well.