Handle with Care (1977 film)

Handle with Care
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Demme
Written byPaul Brickman
Produced byFreddie Fields
StarringPaul Le Mat
Candy Clark
Ann Wedgeworth
Marcia Rodd
Charles Napier
CinematographyJordan Cronenweth
Edited byJohn F. Link
Music byBill Conti
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 18, 1977 (1977-05-18)
[1]
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million
Box office$815,000

Handle with Care (also released as Citizens Band) is a 1977 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Demme. It takes place in a small town in Nebraska and is based on the wide popularity of citizens band radio, widely known as CB at the time.[2] The film was originally released as Citizens Band and was later released in an edited version as Handle with Care.

A paperback novelization of the film written by E.M. Corder was published by Pocket Books in 1977.

  1. ^ Handle With Care at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ "Citizen's Band". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 9, 2016.