Mark L. Lester – Truck Stop Women (1974)

Synopsis:
A mother and daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take over their operation.

Review:
God only knows what the MPAA was thinking when it gave a pass to this ’74 drive-in staple, whose title promises upbeat T&A thrills in the style of Roger Corman for a film that’s a lot closer to Russ Meyer in its levels of brutal violence and rampant bare skin. That shouldn’t be surprising with director Mark L. Lester at the helm in one of his earliest outings before he went on to glory with Class of 1984, Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, Roller Boogie, and the immortal Commando.

The film doesn’t pull any punches right off the bat as a couple of mobsters bust into the home of their competition and repeatedly blast him into a bloody, bullet-riddled mess while he’s enjoying some sexy suds in the bathtub with his naked girlfriend, who also gets offed for her trouble. As it turns out, the mob is working its way across the country and has its eyes on a truck stop run by Anna (Kingdom of the Spiders’ Dressler) and her daughter, Rose (exploitation favorite Jennings), which is actually a front for a brothel. The ladies also swipe their tricks’ trucks and repaint them to cover their tracks, a racket that soon pits mother against daughter – or does it? – when the temptation of money and betrayal comes calling.

Tonally schizophrenic in that way Truck Stop Womenonly ’70s films could pull off, Truck Stop Women is a fascinating mish mash of country and western songs, rampant bare breasts, bloody tragedy, and far better performances than you’d expect from both Dressler and Jennings, the latter fated to die a mere five years later Truck Stop Womenin a car accident. A popular Playboy model, she left behind a strong legacy of titles including The Great Texas Dynamite Chase, ‘Gator Bait, Moonshine Country Express, Deathsport, and Fast Company. She gets a great showcase here to show off her dramatic chops, and it’s a shame she never had a chance to parlay that into major Hollywood stardom. Also keep your eyes peeled among the trucker girl montages for an appearance by none other than Uschi Digard, enthusiastically giving it her all as usual.

— Nathaniel Thompson (Mondo Digital).

Truck.Stop.Women.1974.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 28 min
Size: 	2.65 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1024x402 
Aspect ratio:  	2.547
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	4 042 kb/s
BPP: 	0.410
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC @ 182 kb/s
#2:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC @ 72.0 kb/s (Commentary with director Mark Lester, moderated by Damon Packard)

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Language(s):English
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