Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
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This engaging made-for-television 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. Fortunately, she finds a partner in Flatbed Annie (Annie Potts), a freewheelin' driver. 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 cocaine hidden in it.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1979-02-10
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: Robert Greenwald
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Action, Comedy, TV Movie
Original title: Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Production Companies: Filmways Television, Moonlight Productions, CBS, Filmways Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
Cast
Annie Potts
Kim Darby
Harry Dean Stanton
Arthur Godfrey
Fred Willard
Billy Carter
Rory Calhoun
Avery Schreiber
Rance Howard
Julie Mannix
Don Pike
Bob Herron
Lorna Thayer
Ann Ryerson
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