Truck Turner

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Truck Turner (1974)
AIP Production #7410 / 7411

Jeff and Cheryl hit the seedy streets of Los Angeles to hunt for pimps and pushers with Truck Turner.

Screenplay by Oscar Williams and Michael Allin
Story by Jerry Wilkes
Produced by Fred Weintraub & Paul Heller
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan

Starring:
Isaac Hayes as Mack “Truck” Turner
Yaphet Kotto as Blue
Alan Weeks as Jerry
Annazette Chase as Annie
Nichelle Nichols as Dorinda
Sam Laws as Nate
Paul Harris as Gator

Additional Cast:

Charles Cyphers as Drunk
John Kramer as Desmond
Scatman Crothers as Duke
Dick Miller as Fogarty
Bob Harris as Snow
Jac Emeil as Reno
Stan Shaw as Fontana
Wendell Tucker as Wendell
Clarence Barnes as Toro
Don Watters as Val
Eddie Smith as Druggist
Esther Sutherland as Black Momma
Earl Maynard as Panama (Insurance Company)
Henry Kingi as Candy Man (Insurance Company)
Larry Gabriel as Travis (Insurance Company)
Jim Millhollin as Judge Advocate
Jon Jacobs as Dave
Douglas Anderson as Dave
Don Megowan as Garrity
Richard Blackwell as Wino
Ruth Warshawski as Saleslady
Cheryl Sampson as Taffy
Edna Richardson as Frenchie
Dernadette Gladden as Raquel
Tara Strohmeier as Turnpike
Lisa Farringer as Annette
Sharon Madigan as Nurse
Mel Novak as Doctor
Donnie Williams as Highway Dept. Man
Randy Gray as Kid in Hospital
Annik Borel as Stalingrad
Stymie Beard as Jail Guard
Rhavan Briggs as Felice
Johnnie Ray McGhee as Hired Killer
Clarence Lockett as Preacher
John Evans as Police Lieutenant
John Dennis as Desmond’s Guard
David Cadiente as Shopper (uncredited)
Robert Cole as Man at Window (uncredited)
Len Felber as Doctor (uncredited)
Jonathan Kaplan as Cook (uncredited)
Felice Kinchelow as Sleeping Wife (uncredited)
Jay Loft-Lynn as Shopper (uncredited)
Anthony Redondo as Attorney (uncredited)
Fred Weintraub as Judge (uncredited)

A Weintraub-Heller Production
An American International Release

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)


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