Breaker 1–9, Do You Know These Legendary Trucker Movies?

Clint Eastwood starred as Philio Beddoe, who was a trucker turned prizefighter. In this comedy, Beddoe also happened to have a strange driving partner, his orangutan named Clyde.

"Smokey and the Bandit" was the second highest grossing movie of 1977, so it did extremely well at the box office. The highest grossing movie of the year happened to be "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope."

James Brolin starred as Clayton and Rip Torn was cast as his buddy. They drive cross-country and cross picket lines to deliver the stolen cattle.

When Fuller (Steve Zahn) tries to pull a practical joke on Rusty Nail, it turns out he pulled it on a psychotic murderer. Now the brothers have to try and escape this truck driver, as he hunts them down on the highway.

"Big Trouble in Little China" is directed by John Carpenter and stars Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, a trucker who has to go on a rampage to save his friend's fiance from Chinatown in San Francisco. It's a centuries-old mystical battle that he has to put an end to.

"High Ballin'" gave us a look into the lives of two truck drivers that had to fight off other truckers that were hired to drive them out of business. It's an over-the-top film, but the action scenes are pretty stellar, especially for a 1970's trucker movie.

"California Straight Ahead!" starred John Wayne, as he led a caravan of trucks in a race against a freight train to win a million-dollar contract. The fastest to deliver plane parts to the West Coast would win.

Jeff (Kurt Russell) and Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) were just trying to travel the country in their new Jeep, but after almost hitting a beat-up truck, things went bad. It ends positively, though, as the big rig is used to kill the man trying to take Amy.

This was one of Robert Blake's final movies, as he starred as a trucker who picked up an escaped mental patient (Dyan Cannon) along his route. While he planned on turning her in for a reward, he starts falling for her along the drive.

Kim Darby played Sweetiepie, whose husband was wounded in a shootout. They had to pay the rates for her husband's Mack truck, so she joined forces with Flatbed Annie, played by Annie Potts, to make that money before C.W. Douglas confiscated the truck.

David (Lochlyn Munro) is a comedian and gets a three-night gig at a trucker's bar, but Sylvia (Kristin Davis) doesn't seem too thrilled about it, and she leaves him and takes a ride from Jack (Meat Loaf). It turns out Jack may be a serial killer of young women!

Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan) isn't the best of people, as she has one night stands and drinks vodka with her married neighbor. Her life is flipped upside down when her ex-husband (Benjamin Bratt) sends their son to live with her.

In "Over the Top," we get to see Stallone play Lincoln Hawk, who enters a world arm wrestling championship in Las Vegas. He does this hoping to win the $100,000 prize and buy himself a new semi-truck to start his own business and win the love of his son back.

This movie was originally called "Road Train" in Australia, but the U.S. version changed it to "Road Kill." It stars Bob Morley, Sophie Lowe and Georgina Haig, who are trying to avoid death from a driverless road train that has a mind of its own and is fueled by evil.

In "Maximum Overdrive," a comet causes a radiation storm to take over Earth. This is what makes machines come alive, including the big rigs at a North Carolina truck stop.

Charlie Morrison (Forrest Tucker) is just trying to transport some plutonium from Nevada to Arizona. However, it looks like some terrorists want to steal that cargo in the truck.

The father in "Snitch" is played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. It tells the story of how far a father will go to protect his son.

For the sequel, Bandit and Snowman were put to the task of transporting an elephant to the GOP National Convention. Of course, Sheriff Buford T. Justice was in hot pursuit of them once again.

This movie from 1940 told the story of two brothers running a trucking business in California but struggling to compete against corrupt competitors. After seeing the death of a mutual acquaintance, they vow to make their business pay.

Stacy Keach starred as a truck driver who tracks down a serial killer that is picking up women hitchhikers and dismembering their bodies. With the help of a hitchhiker (Jamie Lee Curtis), he goes on a hunt for the killer.

This movie was released as "The Road Warrior," but many refer to it as "Mad Max 2" now. This was the second instalment in the "Mad Max" series of movies.

Dennis Weaver plays David Mann, the businessman that got attacked by a driver we never see. As "Duel" goes on, it's all about Mann getting away from this driver and the truck almost becomes the villain.

Patrick Swayze plays Jack Crews, who agrees to drive a truck back from Atlanta after being released from prison. It turns out the truck is loaded with illegal artillery and Red, played by Meat Loaf, wants to hijack it, but Earl (Randy Travis) helps save the day for Crews and his family.

Besides Morgan Fairchild, "Time Bomb" also starred Billie Dee Williams. Fairchild played Renee DeSalles, who lead a gang of terrorists in trying to hijack this truck.

"The Wages of Fear" starred French-Italian singer/actor Yves Montand, as he portrayed one of the four truckers hired to transport the nitroglycerin. He would be the last trucker standing, and it looked good for him, but maybe not so much!

Elegant John was played by Henry Fonda, who also happened to pick up six prostitutes on the cross-country trip, which was a favor to his friend Madam Penelope, played by Eileen Brennan. We also got to see Susan Sarandon in this movie.

The residents of this small town were living a pretty peaceful life until the trucks mysteriously started coming to life. These trucks become violent and begin destroying homes and killing people, so the townspeople have to figure out a way to stop them.

"Big Rig" takes a look at the culture of truck drivers in America, as it interviews different drivers. This documentary remains a huge hit among the trucking community.

This movie was so horrific and gory, it ended up getting an NC-17 rating. They edited it down for the American version to get an R rating, but it ended up only grossing $3.6 million.

"Joy Ride 2" starred Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid, Laura Jordan and Mark Gibbon. This was a direct-to-video release in October 2008, but it was enough of a demand to allow a third Joy Ride to be made in 2014.

"Moonfire" starred Richard Egan, Charles Napier and former World Heavyweight Champion boxer, Sonny Liston. While the plot was about battling the Nazi, there also was a storyline about the disappearance of a reclusive billionaire.

This movie originally aired on ABC in 1973. Two truck drivers are very desperate and agree to ship cargo for $6,000, but that cargo happens to be wanted by another group of men who are willing to kill for it!

Carole Lombard was originally supposed to play the role of Margaret Drew, but she ended up being killed in a plane crash on her way back to Vegas. MGM allowed Joan Crawford to star in the role instead, but she did not get rave reviews from critics.

Jan Michael Vincent played Carrol Jo Hummer, who just returned home from a two-year tour in Vietnam and married his sweetheart and bought a truck to start a long-haul career. He tries to work for the same company his dad did, but finds out there is corruption and gets blackballed by the owner for trying to report it.

"Smokey and the Bandit" was a hit, so they tried for another hit a year later with "Convoy," and it ended up being a big dud. Kris Kristofferson played Martin “Rubber Duck” Penwald, but the hype died down by the time this movie came out.