
Returning from a stint in the Air Force, Carrol Jo Hummer borrows money to buy a truck, hoping to make enough money hauling produce to marry Jerri Kane and set up housekeeping. He discovers that the long-haul business is run by racketeers and decides to fight the corrupt forces that control the trucking business.... (Full plot summary below)
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Returning from a stint in the Air Force, Carrol Jo Hummer borrows money to buy a truck, hoping to make enough money hauling produce to marry Jerri Kane and set up housekeeping. He discovers that the long-haul business is run by racketeers and decides to fight the corrupt forces that control the trucking business.
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| User ReviewJeffrey MA classic film about truckers. Jan-Michael Vincent is awesome in this movie. His character deals with corruption in the trucking industry. A classic movie with great action. |
| User ReviewJames FIn My Humble Opinion Its the best Damn Movie Ever made! |
| User ReviewSamuel MA Excellent film that shows Good always prevails. |
| User ReviewVal 'This was Jan Michael Vincent's best movie in my opinion. A telling of the difficult times faced by truck drivers before the unions, and one man's fight against the big trucking industry corruption. |
| User ReviewPrivate UGrindhouse at it's cheesiest and its best. Anti-corprate Symbolism, while obvious, is at its best in this film. |
| User ReviewAllan CJan-Michael Vincent plays an idealistic long-haul truck driver who wants no part of shipping illegal un-taxed cigarettes and slot machines (which by today's criminal standards seems positively quaint) for corrupt shipping company owner L.Q. Jones. He the finds himself blackballed and unable to find work until he holds Jones at gunpoint, forcing him to give him a delivery job. He gets a job, but also finds every trucker in the state out to get him. Co-staring Slim Pickens, R.G. Armstrong, Dick Miller, and Martin "Sweep the Leg" Kove, "White Line Fever" is super fun hixploitaiton with good ol boys cussin', fighting' and driving big rigs. I've always loved Jan-Michael Vincent's early work and in reflection upon his career have been fascinated and somewhat haunted a quote from Vincent, lamented that he could have been another James Dean if he'd made only three movies and then died, instead of seeing his career and personal life spiral out of control with drugs, alcohol, and multiple arrests (he's now even minus a leg). If we only remembered Vincent for "The Mechanic," "The Big Wednesday" and possibly this film, he's probably right. We'd have been remembered as a talented, handsome, leading man with a bright future ahead of him, instead of someone who squandered their career and talents. But back to "White Line Fever," this film was written and directed by Roger Corman protege Jonathan Kaplan, who'd later go on to write and direct some major films, including "The Accused" and "Unlawful Entry," so it's an early work by a quality filmmaker, which bring quality to this unabashedly low-brown exploitation drive-in material. Overall, "White Line Fever" is one of Jan-Michael Vincent's better films and is solid entertainment if you're in the mood for "Convoy" meets "Walking Tall." |
| User ReviewD JGrindhouse at it's cheesiest and its best. Anti-corprate Symbolism, while obvious, is at its best in this film. |
| User ReviewCharlie Bsome good action and a great climax at the end ... |
| User ReviewJeremy SIf you're into trucking and the battle of the small man this one's for you. It's okay. |
| User ReviewHiroshi M70's,one honest man vs. THE CORPORATION in a small town revenge flick. There's none sleazier than L.Q. Jones, with Slim Pickens as his right hand man to boot. You got the old balck man Pop's who risks all to help our young hero.And throw in Kay Lenz as the loyal but suffering wife. Classic 70's drive-in movie. Believe it or not I actually read the book after seeing the movie. |