2 lady truck drivers buy their own rig & try to make a go of it.2 lady truck drivers buy their own rig & try to make a go of it.2 lady truck drivers buy their own rig & try to make a go of it.
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- TriviaBilly Carter plays a Deputy Sheriff. His brother Jimmy was the President of the United States when this movie was filmed.
- GoofsSince when does a vehicle repossessing agent have the legal authority to use lethal force; in this case carrying a high-powered rifle in his car and, incredibly, firing it at the truck (!) as well as taking it upon himself to engage a third-party who utilized heavy excavating equipment to dangerously block the road on which two women are riding in the tractor-trailer that the repossessing agent is attempting to stop by any means necessary. It is highly doubtful that even a bounty hunter would have acted so recklessly, never mind that the two women were not even wanted for a serious crime.
The actual owner-operator of the Mack truck and trailer was in the hospital and clearly he was the person to whom the repossessing agent should have been approaching in the first place and not chasing down and harassing the owner-operator's wife.
Furthermore, why didn't the repossessing agent simply inform the highway patrol to assist in tracking down the truck? They could have broadcast an APB and set up roadblocks for that purpose.
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An inexperienced lady trucker (Kim "True Grit" Darby) and an experienced lady trucker (Annie Potts) try to stay one step ahead of the repossessor and whoever else may be after them. They drive a Mack Superliner. Suppose it had a synchromesh transmission, but still nice to watch women drive big rigs. They pull a van and not a flatbed, though. Good for hauling citrus fruit. I thought the end of the movie, though representative of the fellowship of truckers, was kind of far-fetched. One of the last appearances of Arthur Godfrey and about the only movie appearance of Billy Carter. The movie shows the thrill and camaraderie of trucking. A couple good songs in the movie, too.
- lightninboy
- May 3, 2005
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What is the broadcast (satellite or terrestrial TV) release date of Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers (1979) in Australia?
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