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Truck Turner

  • 19741974
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
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6.9/10
3.3K
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Truck Turner (1974)
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While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.
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    • Jonathan Kaplan
    • Oscar Williams(screenplay by)
    • Michael Allin(screenplay by)
    • Leigh Chapman(story by)
  • Stars
    • Isaac Hayes
    • Yaphet Kotto
    • Alan Weeks
    • Jonathan Kaplan
    • Oscar Williams(screenplay by)
    • Michael Allin(screenplay by)
    • Leigh Chapman(story by)
  • Stars
    • Isaac Hayes
    • Yaphet Kotto
    • Alan Weeks
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
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    Annazette Chase in Truck Turner (1974)
    Yaphet Kotto and Nichelle Nichols in Truck Turner (1974)
    Isaac Hayes and Annazette Chase in Truck Turner (1974)
    Yaphet Kotto in Truck Turner (1974)
    Isaac Hayes and Annazette Chase in Truck Turner (1974)

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    Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes
    • Truck
    Yaphet Kotto
    Yaphet Kotto
    • Blue
    Alan Weeks
    Alan Weeks
    • Jerry
    Annazette Chase
    Annazette Chase
    • Annie
    Nichelle Nichols
    Nichelle Nichols
    • Dorinda
    Sam Laws
    Sam Laws
    • Nate Dinwiddie
    Paul Harris
    Paul Harris
    • Gator
    Charles Cyphers
    Charles Cyphers
    • Drunk
    John Kramer
    • Desmond
    Scatman Crothers
    Scatman Crothers
    • Duke
    Dick Miller
    Dick Miller
    • Fogarty
    Roland Bob Harris
    • Snow
    • (as Bob Harris)
    Jac Emel
    • Reno
    • (as Jac Emeil)
    Stan Shaw
    Stan Shaw
    • Fontana
    Wendell Tucker
    • Wendell
    Sonny Barnes
    • Toro
    • (as Clarence Barnes)
    Don Watters
    • Val
    Eddie Smith
    Eddie Smith
    • Druggist
      • Jonathan Kaplan
      • Oscar Williams(screenplay by)
      • Michael Allin(screenplay by)
      • Leigh Chapman(story by)
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    • Trivia
      Originally developed as a film for Robert Mitchum. After Mitchum, James Coburn was attached to star- but that fell through as well. Having already invested in the script, American International Pictures decided to turn it into an "urban picture" and cast a black actor. Dick Anthony Williams, best know for his work in The Mack (1973) and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) was initially cast, but was quickly replaced by Isaac Hayes, who wanted to get into acting. It was also felt that Hayes was a bigger name draw than Williams.
    • Goofs
      In almost all shootouts, revolvers fire more than 6 rounds without reloading.
    • Quotes

      Dorinda: Now all you whores sit down. I wanna talk to you. Anybody thinking about leaving here is gonna find my left foot square up your ass! Do you understand that?

      [Turnpike mumbles to Annette]

      Dorinda: [yells at Turnpike] Shut up, you junkie whore! I'm talkin' to you! And those two bitches that left, they'd better learn to sell pussy in Iceland because if I ever see them again, I'm gonna cut their fuckin' throats! We are family... and that's what we're gonna stay. Now I got important business out there today. And when I call you, I want you to come out there and shake your asses proper! You hear? HUH? Now get out there and make it look good! And Raquel, take that fuckin' jacket off! MOVE IT!

    • Alternate versions
      The original UK cinema release was cut for an 'X' certificate to remove a man being kneed in the groin and a shot of Truck pushing a gun into a guard's buttocks. All later releases were uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in 3 Strikes (2000)

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    8/10
    The Baddest & Baldest Bounty Hunter in Town!
    Isaac Hayes provides whole new dimensions to the term "Coolness" in his own and first Blaxploitation highlight "Truck Turner" (not counting the Italian Blaxploitation-Crime thriller crossover "Three Tough Guys"). Prior to this movie Hayes was only known as the performer of the legendary Shaft theme, but God bless the person who came up with the idea of giving him his very own movie-franchise! Hayes is brilliant and much cooler & tougher than all the other Blaxploitation heroes together, in my humble opinion. If I were to be stuck in a dark alley late at night, I would rather run into a combination of Richard Roundtree, Fred Williamson and Jim Brown than facing the gigantically postured and naturally petrifying Hayes. The plot of "Truck Turner" is rudimentary but nevertheless engaging and literally stuffed with awesome characters, witty comical undertones and phenomenal action sequences. I truly adore how each and every character that walks through the screen, even including Truck and his lovely wife, is a bit of a "badass" and living on the edge of the law him/herself. Mack 'Truck' Turner is a former football player who now works as a feared bounty hunter since an injury ruined his career. Truck loves his wife, even though she's a recidivist shoplifter and all the women in the neighborhood crave him, and there isn't a single thug on the streets who doesn't fear and respects him. Together with his partner Jerry he's tailing the fugitive big shot pimp Gator, but when the latter gets killed during a spontaneous bust, all hell breaks loose. Gator's main bi-atch Dorinda (Nichelle Nichols, acting like the black version of Ilsa Harem keeper of the Oil Sheiks) gathers all the city's most prominent pimps and promises the ownership of all her top-class prostitutes to whoever succeeds in killing Truck. Seeing the main story lines are so thin, "Truck Turner" mostly benefices from its 'shoot first ask questions later' action sequences, the splendid soundtrack and multiple stellar performances. Hayes receives great support from Yaphet Kotto (as a really creepy super-pimp), Alan Weeks (as the sidekick) and Sam Laws (as their employer). There are also excellent cameos for prominent B-actors like Scatman Crothers and Dick Miller. The violent climax in the hospital is simply awesome and has an original and tense anti-climax. Another downright brilliant and unforgettable scene takes place during the pimp's funeral. Pure 70's goodness!
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    • Release date
      • February 17, 1975 (Denmark)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • 1235 Sierra Alta Way, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
      • Sequoia Productions
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