Your mom could never. Deborah Raffin trades aprons for 18 wheels in this forgotten feminist road trip.
A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned by her husband, leaves hash-slinging behind her to embark on a new career as a trucker in the rig her late father used to drive.
Acting
Deborah Raffin's transformation from doormat to diesel queen.
Costume
The evolution from polyester waitress uniform to denim and determination.
Director
Joan Darling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joan Darling was one of the few women directing TV movies in the 1970s; she fought to keep the trucking sequences practical rather than stock footage.
This aired during the peak of the CB radio craze and 'Convoy' mania, making Willa's entry into trucking feel almost suspiciously timely—corporate feminism meets pop culture trend-chasing.
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