Convoy/Fun Facts

• Director Sam Peckinpah allowed actor and long-time associate James Coburn to work on the movie as a second-unit director to get his DGA card. Rumor has it that Coburn actually directed some scenes when Peckinpah was "unwell."

• The film was a hit in the Soviet Union, showing a working-class rebellion against a corrupt government.

• Whilst the film was a hit, Sam Peckinpah's behavior onset made him uninsurable. It would be five years before he directed another film.

• The famous scene where the tanker truck goes off a bridge and explodes was filmed in Needles, CA, on a one-way bridge over the Colorado River between Arizona and Needles. The Needles City Fire Department provided fire protection during this scene. The bridge was soon removed, as a new span connected the two sides of the river.