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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 .
Free State of Jones is a 2016 American historical war film inspired by the life of Southern Unionist Newton Knight, who led a successful armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, throughout the American Civil War.
[4]: 2 The book was the basis of the 1948 film, Tap Roots, directed by George Marshall and starring Van Heflin and Susan Hayward. [citation needed] In 2016, the film Free State of Jones, directed by Gary Ross and starring Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, was released. [28] The film closely follows Knight's life. [29]
Following Roots, she starred in the 1978 film Convoy as the Widow Woman, and she played Leona Hamilton in Cornbread, Earl and Me. Also in 1978, she co-starred in the short-lived sitcom Grandpa Goes to Washington. Sinclair went on to a stint in the 1980s as nurse Ernestine Shoop on the series Trapper John, M.D. opposite Pernell Roberts.
Convoy" also peaked at number two in the UK. The song capitalized on the fad for citizens band (CB) radio. The song was the inspiration for the 1978 Sam Peckinpah film Convoy, for which McCall rerecorded the song to fit the film's storyline. [4] The song received newfound popularity with its use during the 2022 Freedom Convoy.
Convoy, a British film directed by Pen Tennyson; Convoy, a film by Sam Peckinpah and Kris Kristofferson, inspired by the C. W. McCall song of the same name; Convoy, a 1965 television series starring John Gavin; Music. Convoy (band), a southern Californian rock music band "Convoy" (song), a 1975 trucker's song by C. W. McCall; Other uses
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In 1978, she starred as Laura Coe, a disc jockey, in the movie FM. She also played roles in two films directed by Sam Peckinpah : Convoy (1978), and The Osterman Weekend (1983). Her other film credits include Rolling Thunder (1977), F.I.S.T. (1978), The Evil (1978), St. Helens (1981) and Unfaithfully Yours (1984).