Jan Michael Vincent is Carrol Jo Hummer a Vietnam vet trying to make it as an independent trucker in southern Arizona. He runs afoul of some crooked freight handlers and decides to take matters into his own hands.
White Line Fever is B movie stuff expertly directed by Jonathan Kaplan who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film has a real feel for this trailer park white trash without being condescending towards them.
Besides Jan Michael in his signature role driving his truck the "Blue Mule." 1974 Ford WT9000 cabover rig with a Cummins turbo diesel engine. The film has an outstanding cast of character actors. Slim Pickens as Duane Haller, L.Q Jones as the villainous Buck, Sam Laws as Pops and Don Porter as Cutler, head of the Glass House the evil transportation company trying to muscle out the independent truckers.
Half the fun of watching this film are the great stunts and fights that run throughout the film. Kaplan even works in a John Ford shot with a sequence of the Blue Mule driving through Monument Valley.
90 minutes
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment