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Driving through the Arizona desert, independent Albuquerque trucker Martin Penwald (Kris Kristofferson), who calls himself "Rubber Duck," along with his fellow truckers "Pig Pen" (Burt Young) and "Spider Mike" (Franklyn Ajaye), are trapped by unscrupulous sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace (Ernest Borgnine), who uses a key tool of truckers, the CB radio. Rubber Duck and Cottonmouth have a long and hostile history. When this encounter later escalates into a physical confrontation because Cottonmouth threatens Spider Mike, a man who just wants to get home to his pregnant wife, Rubber Duck and the other truckers involved, including Spider Mike, Pig Pen and "Widow Woman" (Madge Sinclair), decide it's best to head to New Mexico to avoid prosecution. Along for the ride is Melissa (Ali MacGraw), a beautiful photographer who just wanted a ride to the airport. When news of what happened spreads over the airwaves, other truckers join their convoy to show their support. Cottonmouth rallies other law enforcement officers throughout the Southwest, who soon discover that stopping Rubber Duck, the face of the now highly publicized clash, is not so easy to shoot down because of his highly explosive cargo. As the situation escalates, New Mexico Governor Jerry Haskins (Seymour Cassel) joins the fray, seeing strong public support for the truckers as something he can capitalize on politically...