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 also re-released under the title Citizens Band, and, at this writing the only home video release to date of the film (on VHS tape) was under the latter title.
In the film, all of the cast of characters are known by their CB "hand...
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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 also re-released under the title Citizens Band, and, at this writing the only home video release to date of the film (on VHS tape) was under the latter title.
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...
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