CULTURETECHLENSTruck Turner (film)
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Combined Graph record U-03137 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1268. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Truck Turner is a film released in 1974 (Rotten Tomatoes lists a 1974 theatrical release). The film was directed by Jonathan Kaplan (Rotten Tomatoes). The screenplay was by Michael Allin, Jerry Wilkes and Oscar Williams (Rotten Tomatoes). Principal cast as stated by Rotten Tomatoes: Isaac Hayes as Mack 'Truck' Turner, Yaphet Kotto as Harvard Blue, Nichelle Nichols as Dorinda.
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Truck Turner is a film released in 1974 (Rotten Tomatoes lists a 1974 theatrical release). The film was directed by Jonathan Kaplan (Rotten Tomatoes). The screenplay was by Michael Allin, Jerry Wilkes and Oscar Williams (Rotten Tomatoes). Principal cast as stated by Rotten Tomatoes: Isaac Hayes as Mack 'Truck' Turner, Yaphet Kotto as Harvard Blue, Nichelle Nichols as Dorinda.
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- Year: 1974
- Work type: film
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- Jonathan Kaplan — authored by
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- Truck Turner — featured in → this record
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- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/truck_turner (verification source · master store)
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Truck Turner is a film released in 1974 (Rotten Tomatoes lists a 1974 theatrical release). The film was directed by Jonathan Kaplan (Rotten Tomatoes). The screenplay was by Michael Allin, Jerry Wilkes and Oscar Williams (Rotten Tomatoes). Principal cast as stated by Rotten Tomatoes: Isaac Hayes as Mack 'Truck' Turner, Yaphet Kotto as Harvard Blue, Nichelle Nichols as Dorinda.
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