Handle with Care (1977 film)
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| Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
| Produced by | Freddie Fields |
| Written by | Paul Brickman |
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Paul Le Mat Candy Clark Bruce McGill Roberts Blossom Richard Bright |
| Music by | Bill Conti |
| Cinematography | Jordan Cronenweth |
| Edited by | John F. Link |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |
| Box office | $36 million |
Handle with Care is a 1977 comedy movie set in a small town in Nebraska and loosely based on the wide popularity of citizens' band radio, usually called "CB" at the time. It was directed by Jonathan Demme.
The movie was originally released as Citizens Band, and was later released in an edited version as Handle with Care. In the film, all of the cast of characters are known by their CB "handles" (nicknames).
A paperback novelization of the film written by E.M. Corder was published by Pocket Books in 1977.
Paul Le Mat plays "Spider," a young man who makes a meager living repairing CB radios and spends his spare time volunteering with REACT International. He lives with his father, an irascible retired truck driver (Roberts Blossom) whose CB handle is "Papa Thermodyne."
"Chrome Angel" (played by Charles Napier) is an interstate truck driver named Harold, passing through the outskirts of town during bad weather when he is injured in an accident. After Chrome Angel issues an emergency call over CB Channel 9, Spider rescues him, taking him to the hospital.
During his recovery in town, Harold is visited by local prostitute Debbie (alias "Hot Coffee"—played by Alix Elias), who solicits customers over the CB radio. Chrome Angel has two wives, Connie (Marcia Rodd) who calls herself "Portland Angel" as she is from Portland, Oregon, and Joyce (alias "Dallas Angel"—Ann Wedgeworth) who lives in Dallas, Texas, neither of whom knows he is married to the other. Both arrive in town at the same time while he is recovering. They not only discover that he has been seeing Hot Coffee, but during a conversation the two strike up in the bus station, meeting for the first time, they discover for the first time that they are married to the same man.
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