Mother, Jugs & Speed

Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)

They don't call them that for nothing!

To beat out competing ambulance services, an ace driver, an office secretary/paramedic and a suspended cop resort to some outrageous behavior to help people in distress. They're a crew whose condition is even more critical than their clients!

Date of release
1976-05-26
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (51)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Peter Yates

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Santa Monica

Mother, Jugs & Speed is a 1976 American 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.

Production

Joseph Barbera, one half of the legendary cartoon-creating duo Hanna-Barbera, served as executive producer for this film. Tom Mankiewicz says it was Barbera's idea to make a film about ambulance driving. He had a deal with 20th Century Fox who paid a writer to develop a script. Mankiewicz, then best known for writing several James Bond films, became interested and was hired.

Yates and Mankiewicz thought the lead role of Mother Tucker was perfect for Gene Hackman. They offered him the role, but Hackman was exhausted from working on Lucky Lady and declined. However he recommended Bill Cosby as an alternative; Yates, Mankiewicz and Ladd all agreed and Cosby accepted the part. The tight budget meant the leads had to accept deferred payment.

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