The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)

One of a number of trucking movies made in the late 1970s. Although light hearted enough, this isn't as funny as some of the other trucking films, though has some soul and heart. Elegant John (Henry Fonda) is dying and his truck is repossessed, he wants one last great cross country run before he dies so he skips hospital and steals his truck back. He heads East across the US, picking up Bible bashing hitchhiker Beebo (Robert Englund) and a trailer load of prostitutes including Eileen Brennan and Susan Sarandon also fleeing the law...

Our journey across small town and smaller trail America takes in a number of fascinating characters including the Missouri lawman called Harley Davidson (Dub Taylor)! The film is watchable though overall has the energy of a broken down truck. It tries very hard to be a comedy though much of the comedy falls quite flat. The story, Elegant John's need for one last fling before he dies, is solid. The film may have been better if they dialled back on the other weirdness and concentrated more on that. 

Despite it's problems the film isn't bad at all especially with the cast it has, and as a period piece of late 70s small town America it really works.