Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers 1979 Directed by Robert Greenwald

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.

Country USA
Production Countries United Kingdom , USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 10 February 1979
100 mins
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
Billy Carter Deputy Miller
Rance Howard Mr. Murray
Julie Mannix Georgina
Lorna Thayer Hospital Receptionist
Joe Estevez Attendant
Judy Sudol Stewardess
Victor Eschbach L.A.P.D. 1
Edward Cross L.A.P.D. 2
David Clover Alabama Rebel