Excellent but underrated film

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

I Saw White Line Fever many years ago when I was doing my weekend warrior thing and this was playing on the post theater in I believe Fort Stewart, Georgia. This is the kind of film that at best had a limited run in New York City, but played I'm sure to big crowds in every small town in red state America. I wouldn't be surprised, but that back in those days Jan Michael Vincent was a number one star there.It's actually a pretty good film in which Vincent plays a working class hero who stands up to gangsters trying to control the trucking industry. He's an Air Force veteran who marries the girl of his dreams in this case Kay Lenz and buys a big rig which he names the Blue Mule and pronounces himself ready to enter the truck driving game.Some really nasty people are in control of it though and when Vincent proclaims he won't haul illegal cigarettes and slot machines they come down on him like a ton of bricks. They hurt him in every way possible, even people like Slim Pickens who was once his father's best friend.But Vincent is a charismatic figure and the independent drivers rally to him. It all comes at a big price.A nice group of the best character actors around including Don Porter, L.Q. Jones, and R.G. Armstrong are some of the foes he faces as Jan Michael goes up the food chain of villainy.The film owes a lot to some of Frank Capra's work, especially Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Thirty years earlier I could have Jimmy Stewart doing the part of Carrol Jo Hummer. Nice country music score moves the action along and sets a red state mood. I could see Taylor Lautner doing a remake today.

"White Line Fever" is an American trucking/action movie about truck drivers released in 1975.Jan-Michael Vincent plays the hero who returns from Vietnam and takes over his father's trucking business in Tucson,Arizona.He soon discovers that the shippers are corrupt and want him to smuggle illegal loads of cigarettes and slot machines.When he refuses to load such commodities they load his trailer with manure out of spite."White Line Fever" features truly fantastic climax in which Jan-Michael Vincent crashes his truck into the giant sign of the greedy corporation.The film is well-acted,the action is fast-paced and there is an enjoyable country score.8 trucks out of 10.

First seen it when I was 8 years old at the drive inn theater. I'm now 43 and like it as much know as I did then. I think it has one of the most awesome stunts with a truck at the end. It just blows you away. Yep still a great movie.It made me want to drive a truck then and today I do.It's the classic battle of David and Goliath so to speak. They don't make movies like that anymore. where could you even assemble a cast like the one in this movie today. I never tire of seeing this one.It really tells a story that everyone can relate to. I simply think it should be considered a cult classic. I wish they could bring it back to the theaters. That stunt at the end was much better on the big screen.

SPOILER ALERT! Great action flick with well-written characters, often compared to "Billy Jack" and "Walking Tall." Fistfights and tough guys galore, Kay Lenz looking adorable, what more could you ask for? Climactic scene of Jan-Michael Vincent's "Blue Mule" diesel tractor truck barreling through a guard shack and becoming airborne is one of the most memorable bits of 70's action cinema. Highly recommended by me.