Car Wash

October. 22,1976      PG
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Ivan Dixon as  Lonnie
DeWayne Jessie as  Lloyd
Bill Duke as  Duane – Abdullah
Franklyn Ajaye as  Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Sully Boyar as  Leon "Mr. B" Barrow
Melanie Mayron as  Marsha
June Pointer as  The Wilson Sister
Bonnie Pointer as  The Wilson Sister
Anita Pointer as  The Wilson Sister
Ruth Pointer as  The Wilson Sister

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