By the 1970s, leading roles in major Hollywood studio movies had dried up for the most part for Henry Fonda. So he took whatever projects he could get, from made-for-television movies to roles in foreign movies. So you might think that being cast in the drive-in flick The Great Smokey Roadblock, with its premise of a trucker with a truckload of prostitutes, was a career low. Surprisingly, the movie turns out to be quite entertaining.
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#1 by The Rev. on March 31st, 2011
Well, your review piqued my curiosity on this….which is good, because that artwork would’ve sent me running the other way.
#2 by Ken Begg on April 3rd, 2011
Hell, Fonda and James Stewart had already protected Shirley Jones’ Old West brothel in The Cheyenne Social Club, so this completely makes sense.