{"id":62446,"date":"2021-01-09T23:07:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T06:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=62446"},"modified":"2021-03-13T14:53:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T21:53:44","slug":"white-line-fever-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=62446","title":{"rendered":"White Line Fever (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They all think they got the God given right to haul what they want to, when they want to!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Poster-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Poster-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Poster-705x1024.png 705w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Poster-88x128.png 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Poster-186x270.png 186w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Poster.png 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter leaving the Air Force, a pilot (Jan-Michael Vincent) marries his sweetheart (Kay Lenz) and the couple buy a big rig &#8212; but after going to see a family friend (Slim Pickens) about work, Vincent quickly learns that the entire trucking industry is corrupt.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Dick Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Truckers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nNamed for the phenomenon experienced by long-haul truckers who enter a state of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Highway_hypnosis\">&#8220;highway hypnosis&#8221;<\/a> (also known as &#8220;white line fever&#8221;), this exploitation flick by writer-director Jonathan Kaplan is a disappointment on every count. After an opening musical photo montage depicting Vincent and Lenz&#8217;s happy newlywed life together &#8212; including friendship with Lenz&#8217;s older brother (Jamie Anderson) <em>(you can tell he&#8217;s her older brother from the package below)<\/em>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-BROTHER.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-BROTHER.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-BROTHER.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-BROTHER-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-BROTHER-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-BROTHER-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Vincent and Lenz are quickly (within the first five minutes of the movie) spending money they don&#8217;t yet have to invest in a long-haul truck. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Buying-Truck.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Buying-Truck.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Buying-Truck.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Buying-Truck-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Buying-Truck-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Buying-Truck-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, after going to see an old family &#8220;friend&#8221; (Slim Pickens) for work: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens-1.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens-1-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens-1-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens-1-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Vincent is astonished &#8212; astonished! &#8212; to learn that corruption is rampant in trucking, and in order to get any jobs at all, he must be willing to transport undercover cigarette machines. Our plucky protagonist refuses even to consider this, and thus starts the remainder of his bold but tragic journey, which includes the sudden brandishing of a powerful weapon <em>(is this considered &#8220;logical&#8221;, given his military past?)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Gun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Gun.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Gun.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Gun-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Gun-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Gun-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and an ensuing cat-and-mouse tale between The Bad White Guys in Power and righteous Vincent, helped occasionally by those &#8220;on his side&#8221; &#8212; including an older Black man (Sam Laws): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Laws.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Laws.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Laws.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Laws-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Laws-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Laws-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>whose son disapproves of his dad being friendly with a white guy. Laws endures racist slurs hurled at him by The Bad White Guys in Power, who also happen to be sexist pigs. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Sexist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Sexist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Sexist.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Sexist-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Sexist-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Sexist-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lenz &#8212; who hates her factory job but doesn&#8217;t have any other training or education &#8212; glibly falsifies her resume in an attempt to get a more interesting job:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Resume.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Resume.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Resume.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Resume-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Resume-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Resume-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and then we see her in a so-sad &#8220;family planning clinic&#8221; due to becoming pregnant before she and Vincent are ready to be parents. (Clearly they don&#8217;t <em>really<\/em> know the meaning of love &#8212; and the clinic doesn&#8217;t know that you can&#8217;t just cram two shorter words together to make a longer word.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Family-Planning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Family-Planning.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Family-Planning.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Family-Planning-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Family-Planning-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Family-Planning-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The drama continues. <\/p>\n<p>(SPOILER ALERT) <\/p>\n<p>After engaging in a bold top-of-truck shootout with henchmen of the Bad White Men in Power: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Truck-Top-Shootout.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Truck-Top-Shootout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Truck-Top-Shootout.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Truck-Top-Shootout-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Truck-Top-Shootout-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Truck-Top-Shootout-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Vincent is tricked into hauling a truck full of overripe avocados (worth nothing at his final destination).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Avocados.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Avocados.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Avocados.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Avocados-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Avocados-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Avocados-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s justifiably pissed, and the vendetta continues. Eventually he&#8217;s framed for the murder of an increasingly unsympathetic Pickens (seen here about to offer his tarty date a box of &#8220;European chocolates&#8221;): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens2.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Pickens2-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Within the span of just a few minutes, however, Lenz (still secretly pregnant) testifies on Vincent&#8217;s behalf and saves his life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Testifying.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Testifying.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Testifying.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Testifying-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Testifying-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Testifying-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>All of this happens <em>before<\/em> Lenz gets up the courage to finally tell Vincent she&#8217;s pregnant, only to walk immediately into her bedroom and discover Laws brutally murdered on their bed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Murder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Murder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Murder.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Murder-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Murder-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Murder-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After this, the couple is nearly burned alive in a retributive house fire: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Fire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Fire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Fire.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Fire-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Fire-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Fire-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>which causes Lenz to miscarry, never able to bear children again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miscarry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miscarry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miscarry.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miscarry-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miscarry-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miscarry-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(You&#8217;d be forgiven for assuming you&#8217;d dropped into a movie-length soap opera by this point. And yes, there are more details I&#8217;m not including.) <\/em><\/p>\n<p>While there&#8217;s clearly a valuable story to be told about the challenges of trucking, the nobility of Standing Up to the Man, and the importance of unionizing, this isn&#8217;t it. Given that Kaplan went on to make <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=61510\"><em>Over the Edge<\/em> (1979)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=137\"><em>Heart Like a Wheel<\/em> (1983)<\/a>, <em>Project X<\/em> (1987), and <em>The Accused<\/em> (1988), his talents and tastes clearly evolved. <\/p>\n<p>Oh, and Dick Miller appears a couple of times, presumably to reassure you that you are indeed in exploitation-film land, despite this film being made for a major studio (Columbia Pictures). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miller-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miller-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miller-1.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miller-1-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miller-1-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Miller-1-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pretty landscape footage across America<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Still.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Still-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Still-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/White-Line-Fever-Still-371x270.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nOh boy, no. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0073896\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/white-line-fever-1975\">Roger Ebert Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6817&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1975\/08\/29\/archives\/screen-exciting-white-line-fever.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They all think they got the God given right to haul what they want to, when they want to!&#8221; Synopsis: After leaving the Air Force, a pilot (Jan-Michael Vincent) marries his sweetheart (Kay Lenz) and the couple buy a big rig &#8212; but after going to see a family friend (Slim Pickens) about work, Vincent quickly learns that the entire trucking industry is corrupt. 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