Truck Stop Women

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Truck Stop Women
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mark L. Lester
Written byMark L. Lester
Paul Deason
Starring Claudia Jennings
Lieux Dressler
Dennis Fimple
Gene Drew
Paul Carr
Jennifer Burton
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Truck Stop Women is a 1974 film, directed by Mark L. Lester and partly financed by Phil Gramm. [1]

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Plot

A mother (Lieux Dressler) runs a brothel for truckers on the New Mexico highways and her stable includes her daughter (Claudia Jennings). The daughter is sick of her mother controlling things and begins working with some men from the "Eastern Mafia" who are attempting to take over their operation. [2]

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