Trucks is a 1997 Canadian and American

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 television

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 thriller film directed by Chris Thomson. It is a remake

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 of the 1986 Action/Horror film Stephen King

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...

's Maximum Overdrive

Maximum Overdrive

Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American action-horror-science fiction film written and directed by novelist Stephen King. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on King's short story, Trucks, which was included in King's first collection of short stories, Night Shift.Maximum Overdrive is...

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Plot

A small-town truck stop is taken over by driverless trucks, possibly caused by a toxic spill in the city. After the trucks cause numerous deaths, the remaining survivors (two teens, their fathers, and another lady citizen) are forced to escape the truck stop. They find it's very difficult to outsmart the trucks.

Full/Unfinished cast

• Timothy Busfield
  Timothy Busfield
  Timothy "Timmy B" Busfield is an American actor and director best known for his role as Eliot Weston on the television series Thirtysomething and his recurring role as Danny Concannon on the television series The West Wing...
  
   as Ray Porter
• Brenda Bakke
  Brenda Bakke
  Brenda Jean Bakke is an American actress better known for her roles as Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential, Michelle Rodham Huddleston in Hot Shots! Part Deux, where she plays a spoof on Sharon Stone's character from Basic Instinct, Cordelia the prostitute in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight and...
  
   as Hope Glaxton
• Aidan Devine
  Aidan Devine
  Aidan Devine is a Canadian film actor. He was born in England and immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 15. He studied at Dawson College's Dome Theatre in Montreal, Quebec and began his acting career in Montreal. He would later relocate to Toronto. His 1993 breakout role came in...
  
   as Trucker Bob
• Roman Podhora as Thad Timmy
• Jay Brazeau
  Jay Brazeau
  Jay Brazeau is a notable Canadian actor and voice actor. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-Career:His credits include voicing Richard Condie's Oscar-nominated animated short La Salla. He also appeared in two of the first season episodes of Highlander: The Series in 1992...
  
   as Jack
• Brendan Fletcher
  Brendan Fletcher
  Brendan Fletcher is a Canadian actor.-Life and career:Fletcher was born in Comox Valley, British Columbia and went to junior high school at Lake Trail in Courtenay, British Columbia....
  
   as Logan Porter
• Amy Stewart as Abby Timmy
• Victor Cowie as George "Georgie"
• Sharon Bajer as June Yeager
• Jonathan Barrett as Brad Yeager
• Rick Skene
  Rick Skene
  Antonio Richard "Rick" Skene is a Canadian film actor, television actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, stunt driver, and second unit director. Skene is known for portraying as Trucker Pete in Stephen King's Trucks , Tiger truck driver in Maneater , Mr...
  
   as Trucker Pete
• Kelly Robinson as Female Gas Station Attendant
• Don Granberry as Sheriff
• Barbara Lee Edwards as TV Reporter
• Gene Pyrz as Refrigerator Truck Driver
• Kirk Harper as Lino
• Harry Neeken as Phil
• William Hope
  William Hope (actor)
  William "Bill" Hope is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actor.-Career:Most of Hope's stage work has been leading roles in a wide variety of regional, touring and West End theatres in England....
  
   as Toxic Suit Killer With Ax
• Chuck Robinson as Tank Truck Driver Drake
• as Male Gas Station Customer In Car
• Geoff Williams as TIT Worker 1. "Driver"
• as Buddy -TIT Worker 2.
• as TIT Dispatcher Voice
• as Male Electrition
• David Brown as Mailman
• as Male Helicopter Voice