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Car Wash
“Where anything can happen...and usually does!”
6.0 / 10• 1976• 1h 37m•PG• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
Cast & Crew
Ivan Dixon
Lonnie
Lead
DeWayne Jessie
Lloyd
Bill Duke
Duane – Abdullah
Franklyn Ajaye
Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Sully Boyar
Leon "Mr. B" Barrow
Melanie Mayron
Marsha
June Pointer
The Wilson Sister
Bonnie Pointer
The Wilson Sister
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Schultz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Car Wash is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
