The Great Smokey Roadblock

Original title: The Last of the Cowboys

1977
PG
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

5.1/10

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Henry Fonda and Eileen Brennan in The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)

This movie is about an aging trucker named Elegant John Howard. Howard decides he and his truck Elenor has one more good run in them, and with the help of a hitchhiker and a few others he will make it happen.

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After his rig is repossessed, an aging trucker by the name of Elegant John Howard decides he and his truck have one more good run in them, and with the help of a hitchhiker and a few others ... Read allAfter his rig is repossessed, an aging trucker by the name of Elegant John Howard decides he and his truck have one more good run in them, and with the help of a hitchhiker and a few others he will make it happen.After his rig is repossessed, an aging trucker by the name of Elegant John Howard decides he and his truck have one more good run in them, and with the help of a hitchhiker and a few others he will make it happen.

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IMDb RATING

5.1/10

706

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Following a screening of The Last of the Cowboys at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1977, none of the major studios made an offer to acquire the film from production company Mar Vista Productions; they considered its storyline of a truck driver dying of cancer so depressing that it would be difficult to market. Independent production and distribution company Dimension Pictures agreed to distribute the film after Mar Vista ceded its creative rights. Against star Henry Fonda's wishes, Dimension re-edited the picture to tell a lighthearted story of a sick truck driver who makes a cross-country trip with prostitutes and then retitled it The Great Smokey Roadblock to capitalize on the popularity of Smokey and the Bandit.

Goofs
There are no visible mountains from the beaches of South Carolina. The beach scene was obviously filmed on the West Coast.

Quotes
Harley Davidson: I've heard of a temple on wheels. I've seen a swimming pool in the back of a end of a truck. I've seen trucks with jock straps made o' red silk. But I ain't never seen a mobile cathouse!