Lady truckers 1979 pg 02101979 us drama, action, comedy, tv movie 1h 40m. Girls of the road united kingdom 1963 autocar a10264. Its unfortunate that this genre died out do we blame maximum overdrive. The women form an unlikely but profitable friendship while fending off the repo man who wants the truck and the criminals who are after the. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Lady truckers tv movie 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lady truckers, 1979, directed by robert greenwald, with annie potts, harry dean stanton, kim darby, at turner classic movies. By activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. The women form an unlikely but profitable friendship while fending off the repo man who wants the truck.
Fred willard plays sweetiepies hubby, while arthur godfrey, of all people, is the lovable special guest star. Douglas harry dean stanton, a relentless repo man after the truck for missed payments. July 8, 1947 is an american actress best known for her role as mattie ross in the film true grit 1969. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Harry dean stanton costars as a mean, nasty, awful bad guy who wants to repossess the girls truck. Godfrey was most recently credited in the comedy born romantic 2001 with craig ferguson. Lady truckers was first telecast february 10, 1979. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. So, she employs the help of sharped tongued trucker veteran, flatbed annie, who eventually becomes her partnerincrime actually, theyre not committing a crime, i just didnt know how else to phrase that. Flatbed annie annie potts is a lovable manhating protolesbian who tosses around surly citizens band slang with serious style. And they hoped that this thing would graduate into a weekly tv series, did they.
Harry dean stanton 1 episode, 2004 the big bounce 2004 bob rogers, sr. A repo man played by harry dean stanton, who has a full bar set up in the front. Lady truckers stars anniepotts, kimdarby, harrydeanstanton the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a. The following is the complete filmography of american actor harry dean stanton july 14, 1926 september 15, 2017. Lady truckers directed by robert greenwald with ann ryerson, annie potts, arthur godfrey, avery schreiber and billy carter dvd and bluray region encoding. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Annie potts, harry dean stanton, kim darby, arthur godfrey, fred willard, billy carter, avery schreiber. Sweetie pie kim darby recruits her to drive her husbands truck after an attempted hijacking results in an injured, bedridden breadwinner. Directed by robert greenwald, flatbed annie and sweetie pie lady truckers 1978, nr, actionadventure, 100 min. The plot is further complicated by a gang of hijackers. The meanings of the terms change from time to time and also vary from region to region. Fortunately, she finds a partner in flatbed annie annie potts, a freewheelin driver. Annie is a hardbitten veteran, sweetiepie a starryeyed novice. I couldnt resist picking up this obscure action adventure movie from the video store after seeing that title.
Television critic matt zoller seitz in his 2016 book cowritten with alan sepinwall titled tv the book named the burning bed as the 7th greatest american tvmovie of all time, writing that the film was a landmark in terms of content, depicting domestic violence as an unambiguous horror and a human rights violation. This madefortv movie reminds me a lot of corvette summer, a movie where good guys and bad guys chase a car all over town that one also features annie potts. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film. Lady truckers 1979 two women join forces to keep an expensive trucking rig out of the clutches of repossessors and hijackers. Two women join forces to keep an expensive trucking rig out of the clutches of repossessors and hijackers. Tv source for information on flatbed annie and sweetiepie. This engaging madefortelevision movie follows the adventures of ginny sweetie pie larosa kim darby, who needs money after her trucker husband, jack fred willard, is shot by hijackers. Together with a remote friend of her husband, flatbed annie a trucker without a truck, she takes up trucking. After sweetiepies husband, who is a trucker, is wounded in a shootout, she has to think up some way to pay the rates for the superliner.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central. Lady truckers by annie potts from amazons movies store. During these years, he additionally appeared in film, receiving a role in where angels go. Annie potts, kim darby, harry dean stanton, arthur godfrey, rory calhoun, billy carter, avery schreiber. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. But, flatbed annie eventually helps out sweetiepie in what proves to be a pretty dangerous expedition. With annie potts, harry dean stanton, kim darby, arthur godfrey.