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High-Ballin'
Sign in to saveHigh-Ballin is a 1978 Canadian-American action drama film about truckers directed by Peter Carter. The US release was rated PG, with a runtime of 97 minutes.
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5.6When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.
Cast
- Peter Fonda as Rane
- Jerry Reed as Duke
- Helen Shaver as Pickup
- Chris Wiggins as King Caroll
- David Ferry as Harvey
- Chris Langevin as Tanker
Themes
- truck
- hitchhiker
- truck driver
- cb radio
- machine gun
- bar fight
- canuxploitation
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High-Ballin is a 1978 Canadian-American action drama film about truckers directed by Peter Carter. The US release was rated PG, with a runtime of 97 minutes.
The film primarily depicts a confrontation between a trucker boss and independent truckers. The boss uses a criminal gang to intimidate his rivals, but he is eventually double-crossed by the gang leader. The film has been viewed as a contemporary Western, transferring Old West themes into a contemporary setting.
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