Convoy II

Convoy II is a 1982 road action-comedy film directed by Peter Lilburne. It is the first sequel to the 1978 film , and the second installment in the Convoy film series. In this movie, Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald and his now-wife Melissa  move to  after Rubber Duck faked his death to escape a police pursuit. After Melissa is kidnapped by a crime syndicate led by the mysterious Big Man, Rubber Duck teams up with a bumbling federal investigator to save her, while being pursued by two bounty hunters ( and Parson Brown) and a sheriff.

The sequel was produced by The Griffon Group, who had purchased the rights to the Convoy concepts from, in association with and. Griffon executive Giorgos Spanos co-wrote the film with Bill Draskovich under the pseudonym of "Frank Costas", and had planned to direct the film himself, but Lilburne was brought in to direct on the advice of Kristofferson. The score was written by country musician and performed by him and his band. Convoy II was released in the United States on March 19, 1982 by, while handled international distribution; RKO Motion Picture Group now holds the rights to the film through their Griffon Pictures unit. It earned $48 million during its original North American theatrical run.