Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action, TV Movie | Feb. 10, 1979

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.

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action, TV Movie | Feb. 10, 1979

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
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.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Moonlight Productions, Filmways Television
Original title Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Directors Robert Greenwald
Writers Robie Robinson

Cast

Annie Potts

as Flatbed Annie

Kim Darby

as Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa

Harry Dean Stanton

as C.W. Douglas

Arthur Godfrey

as Uncle Wally

Fred Willard

as Jack LaRosa

Billy Carter

as Deputy Miller

Rory Calhoun

as Farmer

Avery Schreiber

as Munroe

Rance Howard

as Mr. Murray

Julie Mannix

as Georgina

Don Pike

as Al

Bob Herron

as Nick

Lorna Thayer

as Hospital Receptionist

Ann Ryerson

as Elsie

Joe Estevez

as Attendant

Lawrence Bame

as Arnold

Judy Sudol

as Stewardess

Victor Eschbach

as L.A.P.D. 1

Edward Cross

as L.A.P.D. 2

David Clover

as Alabama Rebel