When he and his partner find him, a chase ensues and gator is killed. Mar 29, 2014 at their best, when they fearlessly went for the jugular, exploitation films were far more entertaining than many respectable hollywood films. Truck turner internet movie firearms database guns in. Scatman crothers celebrity profile check out the latest scatman crothers photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Isaac hayes in truck turner 1974 isaac hayes and annazette chase in. Truck turner bluray delivers great video and decent audio in this enjoyable bluray.
Truck is a bounty hunter who gets a job to track down a guy named gator. Kino lorber resurrects the obscure and fascinating 1974 blaxploitation gem truck turner this month for the first time on bluray. Mac truck turner is a bounty hunter and one badass man. Nichelle nichols plays in truck turner as the queenb and is putting a hit on truck turner issac hayes after he killed her manpimp.
And that title makes me think that the main character works as a valet in a truck stop parking lot. The movie starts when mark truck turner, a professional. Truck turner is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring isaac hayes and yaphet kotto, and directed by jonathan kaplan. Female pimpin, nichelle nichols in truck turner youtube.
A really strong blaxploitation film that for just under two minutes at the climax suddenly raises itself to pure cinematic poetry. Hayes played mack truck turner, a bounty hunter who works for the government. Its fun hearing star treks nichelle nichols curse like a sailor. My pictures are not so big, so if you have bigger ones, dont hesitate to upload them. The screenplay was written by michael allin, jerry wilkes and oscar williams. An entirely unecessary remake was released in 2018. Truckers woman also released as truckin man is a 1975 action film directed by will zens and starring michael hawkins as a middleaged man who drops out of college to go undercover as a truck driver in order to solve the mysterious murder of his trucker father. The screenplay was written by michael allin, jerry wilkes, and oscar williams. Before he became a criminal catcher, truck was an all star football player, which is where he earned his nickname. Turners filmstruck to debut october 19 multichannel. Mack truck turner issac hayes is an exfootball star who, due to a. Sep 09, 2008 nichelle nichols plays in truck turner as the queenb and is putting a hit on truck turner issac hayes after he killed her manpimp. Truck turner is a blaxploitation film, an ethnic subgenre that emerged in the 1970s, directed by johnathan kaplan. Filmstruck, turners new ott subscription vod service for film aficionados, is set to launch to launch on october 19 on multiple platforms and start at.
Ten films that defined the blaxploitation era indiewire. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from truck turner at the discogs marketplace. Truck turner is a surprisingly littleknown 1974 blaxploitation directed by jonathan kaplan and starring isaac hayes as the title character, a former pro football player turned bounty hunter. Truck turner 1974 r 04191974 us action, crime, drama 1h 31m user score. Truck turner pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released truck turner pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive.
There are 19,220 1955 to 1975 vehicles for sale today on. Truck turner is one of those low budget features that breaks the mold and solidifies the codes and conventions of blaxploitation cinema as something we can easily recognise and relate to. The screen play was written by michael allin, jerry wilkes and oscar williams. Hired assassins try to kill him after he hunts down a pimp. Truck turner 1974 is a relic from a better time, an era when exploitation was king, where drivein movie houses were the circulatory system for the blood and guts and sex weve come to expect from this cheapo genre. They will remain a team, and a staple among film critics, through various programs for the next twentyfour years. The cult classic film the rocky horror picture show premieres in london. Hayes plays turner, a bounty hunter searching for a crazy pimp. Sam hummer was a local truck driver from tucson, arizona who worked for a tucsonbased produceshipper called red river. Isaac hayes puts his gun where his groove is in his role as hardcase bounty hunter mack truck turner, three years after composing the legendary score for isaac hayes 1971. At their best, when they fearlessly went for the jugular, exploitation films were far more entertaining than many respectable hollywood films.
Oscar winning composer and legendary stax recording artist isaac hayes appears in his first and only lead starring role of the 1970s, the outcome being one of the quintessential blaxploitation movies in american international pictures aips canon. Truck turner nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Mack truck turner issac hayes is an exfootball star who, due to a careerending injury, is working as a skip tracer bounty hunter with his buddy jerry alan weeks. Isaac hayes in his big screen debut is total badass cool as former football star mack truck turner, who now scrapes by as a bounty hunter. While most films of this era were basic crime stories, youll see below that weve selected a. The cast included yaphet kotto, paul harris, and star trek star nichelle nichols. Sometimes, as in the case of truck turner 1974, a film can satisfy all of the glorious excesses of the exploitation and still be a properly good film. A fan of 70s film, i thought that truck turner was an exceptional piece of film that entertains on so many levels. Staring isaac hayes, yaphet kotto, sam laws and annazette chase.
Truck turner1974 is an enjoyable blaxploitation film starring the late isaac. Yaphet kotto played one of the bad guys in the film. This makes gators woman, dorinda, very angry and she puts a hit on truck. I could never find words to describe how absolutely amazing and entertaining this movie is. Urban action black belt jones, black samson, hot potato. Truck turner 1974 is a relic from a better time, an era when exploitation was king, where drivein movie houses were the circulatory system for the blood and guts and sex weve come to.
The following weapons were used in the film truck turner. When gator is accidentally killed by truck turner, the queen bee vows revenge. Now is left in charge of looking after the stable of hoes. It is a remake based on stephen kings short story trucks, which also served as the source material for the earlier film maximum overdrive, the only film directed by king. Sep 19, 2009 truck turner is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring isaac hayes and yaphet kotto, and directed by jonathan kaplan. Trucks is a 1997 canadian and american television horror film directed by chris thomson. Truck turner1974 is an enjoyable blaxploitation film starring the late isaac hayes. The question is whether truck can survive with blue and his gang on his trail. Exfootball star turned skiptracer, turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when hes hired to capture sociopathic pimp.
Nicholss madam, whose foulmouthed acting completely shatters the good old. Blaxploitation film about a former professional football player who. One of isaac hayes most notable acting performances, its a head above the general trend of similar genre titles of the period, even though the film features a familiar narrative already well retread by the time of its release. Truck turner on bluray 738329168827 from kino video. Truck turner 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Bounty hunter mack truck turner isaac hayes almost always finds his target, but his latest prize a pimp called gator paul harris is killed while turner is chasing hm. Cooley high is a 1975 american film based upon the real high school located on the. The film was released by columbia pictures on july 16, 1975. Isaac hayes truck turner original soundtrack discogs.