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Convoy is a 1978 American road action comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair and Franklyn Ajaye. The film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song " Convoy " by C. W. McCall .
Having taken a five-year break from acting, in 1978 MacGraw re-emerged in another box office hit, Convoy (1978), opposite Kris Kristofferson. She then appeared in the films Players (1979) and Just Tell Me What You Want (1980), directed by Sidney Lumet. In 1983, MacGraw starred in the highly successful television miniseries The Winds of War.
Filmed in New Mexico and starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw and Ernest Borgnine, ... Convoy was the highest-grossing picture of Peckinpah's career, notching $46 ...
The song was recorded by C. W. McCall (an alter ego of Bill Fries and Chip Davis), and was the inspiration for the 1978 movie CONVOY, that starred Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, and Ernest ...
"Convoy" is a 1975 novelty song performed by C. W. McCall (a character co-created and voiced by Bill Fries, along with Chip Davis) that became a number-one song on both the country and pop charts in the US and is listed 98th among Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time. [1]
Kris Kristofferson dies: Legendary singer/songwriter turned Hollywood leading man was 88. In the wake of Kristofferson's death, Nelson became the last surviving member of The Highwaymen. Jennings ...
Classified" and "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" (a pirate-flavored sequel to "Convoy") bubbled under the Hot 100. In 1978, the movie Convoy was released, based on the C. W. McCall song. [2] The film starred Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Burt Young, and Ernest Borgnine and was directed by Sam Peckinpah. [2]
Dolly Parton is remembering her "great friend" Kris Kristofferson.. On Sunday, Sept. 29, the "9 to 5" singer, 78, shared a heartfelt tribute on Instagram in honor of Kristofferson, who died on ...