Review of Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) by Rich M — 04 Jul 2009
Great 70's underrated and undershown classic. The film like MASH a few years earlier was able to walk the fineline of being a screwball comedy and every once in a while hit you with a very dramatic moment.
The movie revolves around the lives and rivalries of independant ambulance drivers. Cosby is the legendary Mother who is the best of the best of the ambulance drivers but due to alcohol dependancy and the death of his likeable young partner(Davison)on the job, he keeps everbody at a distance.
Welch is Jennifer a.k.a. Juggs who is the very spirited and ample ambulance dispatcher who wants to break the gender barrier at that time and become a driver. Keitel plays Speed a disgraced ex-cop forced into being the rookie and training with a sexist mental mess named Murdock played very handily by a pre-Dallas Larry Hagman.
The film centers on a not-so friendly and dirty tricks rivalry between independant ambulance companies. This film was a must watch for my EMT/Paramedic buddies back in the day and even though I see it as MASH meets Carwash, you can definitely see the influence it must have had on the Police Academy movies that would follow years later.
This review of Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) was written by Rich M on 04 Jul 2009.
Mother, Jugs & Speed has generally received mixed reviews.
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