The main reason why I saw HIGH-BALLIN' is because it's one of Michael Ironside's first movies tho he appeared as an extra that if you blink you miss him. As for the rest it was a bit mediocre and could have been better considering its cast.
The Iron Duke is an independent trucker that stands up to the local truck boss King Carroll that tries everything to make truckers go out of business. Rane (Peter Fonda) comes for a visit and ends up helping Duke. Rane and Pickup have the idea of truck loading lot of illegal liquor to a lumber camp with the hope of making other truckers resist.
It doesn't go smooth as gang leader Harvey kidnaps Pickup and shoots Duke when he tries to resist. When Rane notices Harvey fleeing, he reaches him with his motorcycle and have a brawl until he manages to shoot him. Before fleeing on Harvey's truck he manages to save Pickup and take her with him.
As I said in the summary, a plot like this works better on those shows (on which Ironside would guest star two decades later, 2 episodes of the first one and 4 of the second) probably because the episodes last 45 minutes give or take while here it lasts 1 hour and 40 minutes so for the most time there is filler that is mostly boring. The actors, mostly unknowns except Fonda and Helen Shaver, did what the material and director required.
Overall, one of those movies with the plot reminiscent also remotely of a western (with trucks and truckers instead of horses and land owners) that is perfect for killing an hour and 40 minutes but not much more.
