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Truck Stop Women [VHS]

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A great piece of early 70's film: this gem has it all.

Some special moments: *The beautiful Claudia Jennings in go-go boots or naked throughout most of the movie! *The truckin' music video inserted about mid film! *The overt violence peppered throughout (from the opening execution in a bathtub, to the final battle featuring machine gun toting hookers and lots of tragic death)... all set to some great CB-era country music and a few bits that they had left over from "Land of the Lost"! *The southern New Mexico locations that cradle our heroes in their struggle! *The turncoat, Seago, getting trampled by 30 head of cattle in the back of a weaving truck!

Any way you slice it, this movie has it all. Sex, violence, bad acting, found locations, and a wacky plot that just keeps coming. I watch it often and inflict it on friends as a sort of, "bad-movie baptism".

As long as I can watch Truck Stop Women, Gator Bait, and Unholy Rollers, Ms. Jennings will not be forgotten.

This film offers more than a few potential trivia answers to attract cult fans to it. First, it stars ex-Playboy Playmate Claudia Jennings, who died in 1979 in a car crash; second, it is directed by Mark L. Lester, who has brought such greats to the screen as Commando(Schwarzenegger) and Class of 1984(McDowell). The film follows the story of a New Mexico Truckstop/Brothel who goes to war with the mob, plenty of violence and the old "T and A" here. My main problem is that the film is not bad enough to be campy. Its worth watching though because my dad(Hal Farrell) is featured as the non-speaking deputy and he gives an oscar caliber performance!!

This movie is as authentic as it gets, as far as 70s B movies go. It's got plenty of gratuitous nudity, violence, tacky locales, slimy bad guys, and ubiquitous vulgarity. In other words, everything that makes these sorts of movies such a guilty pleasure.

The setting for this film, takes place in a dusty, out-of-the way town in New Mexico. A woman named Anna, runs a truck stop/diner/motel there. It's just a front though, for Anna's smuggling operation. With the help of her bodacious daughter Rose (played by Claudia Jennings), Anna and her henchmen waylay truckers on the road, steal their trucks, and then repaint them.

Anna does okay, running her smuggling ring for a while. But then some east coast mafia types, decide that they want to take over Anna's territory. The head mobster takes an interest in Rose, and tries to seduce her away from working with Anna. Rose is tempted by the city-slicker mobster, and his offer of a lucrative partnership with her.

Rose tries to undermine Anna and rebels against her, as Rose gets in deeper and deeper with her mobster beau. It's up to Anna and her partners, to try and turn Rose back to Anna's side, while fighting to keep the mobsters from taking over her smuggling ring.

Claudia is in a supporting role as Anna's daughter Rose. It's not her best movie. But Claudia sure has the physique and the fiery charisma, to portray the sexy, renegade Rose. Only Lieux Dressler as Anna, gives as compelling a performance as Claudia does. The rest of the cast is basically forgettable.

Truck Stop Women is tacky, campy, 70s B movie fun. It's a real loose-cannon, of a 70s low-budget film. Fans of Claudia Jennings, won't be disappointed.

I first saw the beautiful (now deceased) Playmate Claudia Jennings in 'Unholy Rollers.' Truck Stop Women also stars this redhead, but anyone who is not a fan of Claudia will likely be disappointed. There is a fair amount of nudity but the video quality is poor (somewhat blurred, like a 4th generation copy), and the movie is truly B-quality. The tape had a blank black sticker on it where the title would normally be, and looks like it is covering another title (was this tape copied over?). It makes funny sounds when rewinding... but on the plus side it does come in a full color cardboard slipbox... but Claudia is nowhere on it, and it doesn't look like the original cover.