Mother, Jugs & Speed


Mother, Jugs amp Speed is a 1976 black comedy film directed by Peter Yates. It stars Bill Cosby Mother, Raquel Welch Jugs, Harvey Keitel Speed, and Larry Hagman as employees of an independent ambulance service trying to survive in Los Angeles.

When Walker is injured after falling through a staircase on a call, Harry Fishbine hires Tony Malatesta Harvey Keitel, a disgraced sheriffs detective and former Vietnam War ambulance driver. Upon learning that Tony has been suspended from the sheriff force due to allegations that he sold cocaine to children, Mother nicknames him Speed. Speed is initially paired with Murdoch, though their partnership is strained when Speed must stop Murdoch from raping an unconscious female college student who has overdosed on Seconal. On a false emergency call, Leroy is shot and killed by a junkie Toni Basil demanding drugs. When Mother pulls a gun on the junkie, the junkie commits suicide. Later that night, a drunken Mother assaults Murdoch for stating that Leroys death doesnt count though Murdoch states this in regard to the drivers dead body pool, Mother perceives it as an attack on the character of his dead partner. Harry then partners Speed with Mother to alleviate his driver shortage.Meanwhile, Jugs has obtained her Emergency Medical Technician EMT and ambulance driver certifications, and forces her way onto FBs active roster with threats of sexual discrimination lawsuits. When Speed fakes an injury to prevent Jugs arrest for misuse of an ambulance, the two fall in love. Though Jugs proves a capable EMT, she loses her nerve after a pregnant woman under her care suffers a severe obstetrical hemorrhage and bleeds to death in Mothers ambulance. Jugs secludes herself afterward until Mother counsels her and gives her the courage to return to work. ........

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