Citizens Band (1977)
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CB radios provide a human connection between the lives of a collection of varied characters in Jonathan Demme's energizing film that exploits the CB radio craze of the mid-'70s. Chrome Angel (Charles Napier) is a truck driver who has an accident and is laid up recuperating at the home of Hot Coffee (Alix Elias). A road-roaring philanderer, Chrome Angel is a bigamist with a wife, Dallas (Ann Wedgeworth), in Dallas and another wife, Portland (Marcia Rodd), in Portland. The two women converge in a small town where Spider (Paul Le Mat) and his embittered brother Blood (Bruce McGill) are both trying to date Electra (Candy Clark). The characters' CB monikers weave the characters into the same CB waveband, exemplifying the interconnectedness of an American subculture. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Paul Le Mat - Spider
- Ann Wedgeworth - Dallas Angel/Joyce Rissley
- Marcia Rodd - Portland Angel/Connie
- Alix Elias - Hot Coffee, Debbie
- Richard Bright - Smilin'Jack/Garage Owner
- Michael Rothman - Cochise
- Harry Northrup - Red Baron
- Arthur Godfrey - Himself
- Robert Reece - Les
- Candy Clark - Electra/Pam
- Bruce McGill - Blood/Dean
- Charles Napier - Chrome Angel/Harold
- Roberts Blossom - Papa Thermadyne, Father
- Ed Begley, Jr. - Priest
- Michael Mahler - Hustler
- Will Seltzer - Warlock
- Gary Goetzman - RV Salesman
- Arthur French - Tony
- Director(s):
- Jonathan Demme
- Writer(s):
- Paul Brickman
- Producer(s):
- Paul Brickman, Freddie Fields
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- 1977 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress
