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4.6/10   46 votes
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Writers:
Bill Kerby (writer)
Douglas Wheeler (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 December 1978 (USA) more
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Tagline:
He delivered his own brand of justice on a rampage of revenge.... [Video] [Australia]
Plot:
Trucker Clay Pfanner is on the verge of financial ruin. His truck is about to be repossesed and he sees no way out... more | add synopsis
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Not too bad for a TV trucker movie more (2 total)

Cast

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James Brolin ... Clayton Pfanner

Rip Torn ... K.W. Hicks
Jennifer Warren ... Jesse Pfanner

Melanie Griffith ... Johnnie
Julie Cobb ... Gloria
Lou Frizzell ... Arky
Strother Martin ... Pinky Pincus
William Bryant ... Jennings
Albert Popwell ... Miller

John Dennis Johnston ... Bobby 'Bob' Hicks
Bob Schott ... Tiny Pollard

Don Calfa ... 'Go' Trucker

Rudy Diaz ... Mexican
Robert F. Hoy ... Dixon
Scott Thompson ... Randy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fast Lane Fever (USA) (pre-release title)
Man in Fast Lane (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG (video rating) | Iceland:12
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Quotes:
Clayton Pfanner: [saying goodbye to his ex-wife in a bar] Don't think it hasn't been real. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Not too bad for a TV trucker movie, 13 May 2005
6/10
Author: lightninboy from South Dakota

James Brolin plays Clay. He drives a nice White Western Star conventional he calls the Outlaw. I guess that's Clay's CB handle too. He's always knocking the tires or polishing the truck. Rip Torn plays K.W., his co-driver. Clay and K.W. go across the country for the money, even crossing a picket line. K.W. tells Clay, "Let 'em hear Mary!" That must be a polite way of saying "Give 'em hell!" Somehow Clay needed more money, and he got into hauling rustled cattle or stealing trailers. His wife leaves him and says he's a boy. Clay says "I'm a man!" Well, Clay is in a mess. Could it be that this movie has an unhappy ending? Notice that when something breaks down, a bunch of other things break down at the same time.

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