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Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers(1979)
Status: Released
Date: 1979-02-10
50%
2 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America,
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Filmways Television
Moonlight Productions
Movie: Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Annie Potts
Flatbed Annie
Kim Darby
Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa
Harry Dean Stanton
C.W. Douglas
Arthur Godfrey
Uncle Wally
Fred Willard
Jack LaRosa
Rory Calhoun
Farmer
Avery Schreiber
Munroe
Rance Howard
Mr. Murray
Julie Mannix
Georgina
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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.
Release Date
1979-02-10
Average
5
Rating:
2.5 startsTagline
When 2 women, 18 wheels and 16 gears are rollin'...move over
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