Road Movie is a 1973 road movie drama film produced and directed by Joseph Strick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Judith Rascoe. It stars Robert Drivas, Regina Baff, Barry Bostwick, and David Bauer.
The film is based on Strick's experiences one summer, working as a long-haul truck driver.
A pair of truckers, Gil and Hank, pick up Janice, a hitchhiking truck stop prostitute ( "lot lizard"), who brings more chaos into their lives.
The film initially premiered in Italy in December 1973. It was later released in the United States on February 3, 1974.
Jessica Kiang of BFI's Sight and Sound called the film "a fascinating curio, as willfully ugly in its portrayal of the joyless industrial landscapes of the mid-70s Midwest as it is nihilistic about the grasping relationships between its three leads".