White Line Fever (1975)

Director:

Jonathan Kaplan

Writers:

Ken Friedman (writer)
Jonathan Kaplan (writer)

Release Date:

16 July 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Carrol Jo Hummer--A working man who's had enough!

Plot Keywords:

Miscarriage | Color In Title | On The Road | Business | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Carrol Jo Hummer
Kay Lenz	...	Jerri Kane Hummer
Slim Pickens	...	Duane Haller
L.Q. Jones	...	Buck
Sam Laws	...	Pops
Don Porter	...	Cutler
R.G. Armstrong	...	The Prosecutor
Leigh French	...	Lucy
Johnny Ray McGhee	...	Carnell
Dick Miller	...	Birdie
Martin Kove	...	Clem
Jamie Anderson	...	Jamie
David Garfield	...	Witness Miller (as John David Garfield)
Nate Long	...	Sunglasses
Ron Nix	...	Deputy

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1976) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In a telephone conversation, one character says, "Go get Joe Dante". Director Joe Dante is an old friend of the film's director, Jonathan Kaplan, and, like Kaplan, is one of the legion of directors given his start by producer Roger Corman.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the scene where Jeri and Carroll argue in the pickup, and Jeri gets out of the truck and walks down the sidewalk while Carroll pleads with her to get back inside, the shadow of the boom mic from the camera car in front of the pickup can be seen at the bottom left of the screen.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Death Proof (2007)

Very Watchable- Fast Paced

This movie gave a slightly glamorized (and dirty) view into the world of the American trucking industry circa 1973-75. Without crossing over into making a film only truckers and their kin would enjoy, they kept the story and the action fast-paced yet clear as to what is happening unseen. It's not a "CB Fad" movie. A very "Americana" type film which gives a terrific look at the middle American fighting for himself and his ideals. Even though it is a semi-cheesy "B" movie by any standard, the characters are easily related to and the storyline is easy to get involved with, and the action is fun without getting too excessive (gee- a trucker who isn't a gravity defying martial artist!).

Jan-Michael Vincent is at perhaps his best, with Kay Lenz as the perfect naggy whiny trucker's old lady- just cute enough to want to come home to. The musical score is cliché' by today's standards, but dead-on for that time. Some of the old country tunes actually sound pretty good even today (though the twang twang stuff, and the musically reproduced truck horns grew old after while).