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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1976 DVD Release: 08/17/2004 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Trinity Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Road Movie, Adventure Comedy

Not everything Henry Fonda did was Grapes of Wrath or Mister Roberts. In the enjoyable low-budget "road" flick The Great Smokey Roadblock, Fonda plays a worn-out trucker named Elegant John. Anxious to make one last, big haul before retiring, Fonda loses his 18-wheeler to the repo men. He steals his rig back, then further thumbs his nose at the law by hauling a group of prostitutes across the border as a favor to his old flame, bordello madam Eileen Brennan. This rollicking film ends on an unexpected--but logical within the framework--tragic note. Filmed in 1974, The Great Smokey Roadblock lay on the shelf for nearly two years. Despite a plethora of illnesses, Fonda is in fine fettle, delivering one of his sprightliest latter-day performances. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Henry Fonda - Elegant John
Eileen Brennan - Penelope
Robert Englund - Beebo
John Byner - Disc Jockey
Austin Pendleton - Guido