Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers (1979)

  • PG
  • 02/10/1979 (US)
  • Drama, Action, Comedy, TV Movie
  • 1h 40m

When 2 women, 18 wheels and 16 gears are rollin'...move over

Overview

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.

Robert Greenwald

Director

Robie Robinson

Screenplay

Cast

Annie Potts's headshot

Annie Potts

Flatbed Annie
Kim Darby's headshot

Kim Darby

Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa
Harry Dean Stanton's headshot

Harry Dean Stanton

C.W. Douglas
Arthur Godfrey's headshot

Arthur Godfrey

Uncle Wally
Fred Willard's headshot

Fred Willard

Jack LaRosa
Billy Carter's headshot

Billy Carter

Deputy Miller
Rory Calhoun's headshot

Rory Calhoun

Farmer
Avery Schreiber's headshot

Avery Schreiber

Munroe

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