Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 08/17/2004
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Trinity Home Entertainment
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
