Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
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50% of critics liked it
(14 reviews) -
31% want to see it
(2,479 ratings)
In this frantic black comedy, Harry Fishbine (Allen Garfield) is the proprietor of the F&B Ambulance Service, a low-budget free-lance rescue service which is struggling to keep up with the bigger and better funded competition after a law in Los Angeles decrees that the first ambulance to arrive at… More In this frantic black comedy, Harry Fishbine (Allen Garfield) is the proprietor of the F&B Ambulance Service, a low-budget free-lance rescue service which is struggling to keep up with the bigger and better funded competition after a law in Los Angeles decrees that the first ambulance to arrive at the scene of a distress call gets the job. F&B's best driver is Mother (Bill Cosby), a free-wheeling ambulance jockey who likes to drink beer and play dance music while he makes his rounds. Mother's new assistant is Speed (Harvey Keitel), a former cop who left the force after allegations of drug use; Speed is looking for a new career and a chance to prove himself. And Jugs is the accurate-if-sexist nickname for Jennifer (Raquel Welch), the company secretary who wants to get out from behind the desk and prove her skills as a paramedic. As F&B's drivers race through the streets of Hollywood, their adventures veer between the hilarious and the tragic. Mother, Jugs and Speed also features Larry Hagman, Dick Butkus, Bruce Davison, and L.Q. Jones. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Peter Yates
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Critic Reviews
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Richard T. Jameson, Parallax View
If you don't go expecting a lot, you might find the film makes for a half-evening's worth of laidback diversion.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Raunchy ambulance comedy wavers between jocular fun, misplaced melodrama, and morbid stupidity.
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Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)
An entirely OK 70s ride, better, perhaps, in retrospect.
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
The nightly travails of an ambulance crew stand in for the bigotry, fear, and paranoia of a nation in flux.
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Cast
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Raquel Welch
as Jugs
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Bill Cosby
as Mother
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Harvey Keitel
as Speed
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Allen Garfield
as Harry Fishbine
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Larry Hagman
as Murdoch
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L.Q. Jones
as Davey
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Bruce Davison
as Leroy
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Dick Butkus
as Rodeo
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Milt Kamen
as Barney
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Barra Grant
as Miss Crocker
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Allan Warnick
as Bliss
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Valerie Curtin
as Naomi Fishbine
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Ric Carrott
as Harvey
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Severn Darden
as Moran
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Bill Henderson
as Charles Taylor
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Michael McManus
as Walker
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Toni Basil
as Addict
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Eddie Mills
as Addict's Doctor
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Erica Hagen
as Massage Girl
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Arnold Williams
as Albert
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Charles Knapp
as Man With Zipper
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Linda Geray
as Pregnant Woman