Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers(1979)
When 2 women, 18 wheels and 16 gears are rollin'...move over
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.
Movie: Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
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Flatbed Annie
Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa
C.W. Douglas
Uncle Wally
Jack LaRosa
Farmer
Munroe
Mr. Murray
Georgina
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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.
Release Date
1979-02-10
Average
5.25
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
When 2 women, 18 wheels and 16 gears are rollin'...move over
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