Kansas City Trucking Co.

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Kansas City Trucking Co.
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Promotional theatrical poster
Directed byTim Kincaid (as Joe Gage)
Written byTim Kincaid (as Joe Gage)
Produced bySam Gage
StarringRichard Locke
Steve Boyd
Jack Wrangler
Music byAl Steinman
Distributed byJoe Gage Films
Release date
  • October 1976 (1976-10)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Kansas City Trucking Co. is a 1976 American gay pornographic film directed by Tim Kincaid, better known as Joe Gage. It is the first of the three films in Gage's "Working Man Trilogy", continuing with 1978's El Paso Wrecking Corp. and concluding with 1979's L.A. Tool & Die , and stars Richard Locke, Steve Boyd and Jack Wrangler. [1] [2]

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Cast

Production

The film was produced in San Francisco. [2]

Critical reception

The Advocate called the film "one of the hottest gay porns ever made. [3] TLA Video's contemporary review was also highly favorable, citing it as one of the most influential gay porn films. [4]

DVD release

The films comprising the "Working Man Trilogy" were restored and released on DVD by HIS Video. [3]

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References

  1. Burger, John; Robert, John (1995). One-Handed Histories: The Eroto-Politics of Gay Male Video Pornography. New York: Haworth Press. p. 40. ISBN   1560248602.
  2. 1 2 Allyn, David Smith (2001). Make Love, Not War: the Sexual Revolution, an Unfettered History. New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 235. ISBN   0415929423.
  3. 1 2 "Buy The Joe Gage Classic Collection on DVD". TLA Gay. TLA Entertainment Group. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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