Car Wash

Car Wash

97 mins | Comedy | Oct. 22, 1976

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.

Car Wash

97 mins | Comedy | Oct. 22, 1976

Car Wash
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Car Wash
Directors Phil Bowles, Barbara Amato, Daniel Franklin, Michael Schultz, Richard Hashimoto
Writers Joel Schumacher

Cast

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

Lauren Jones

as Marleen

Richard Brestoff

as Irwin Barrow

Tracy Reed

as Mona

Antonio Fargas

as Lindy

James Spinks

as Hippo

Clarence Muse

as Snapper

Darrow Igus

as Floyd

Leon Pinkney

as Justin

Ren Woods

as Loretta

Jack Kehoe

as Scruggs

Raymond Vitte

as Geronimo

Pepe Serna

as Chuco

Henry Kingi

as Goody

Leonard Jackson

as Earl

Michael Fennell

as Calvin

George Carlin

as The Taxi Driver

Irwin Corey

as The Mad Bomber

Garrett Morris

as Slide

Arthur French

as Charlie

Richard Pryor

as Daddy Rich

Erin Blunt

as Lonnie's Son

Janine Williams

as Lonnie's Daugher

Lorraine Gary

as Hysterical Lady

Ricky Fellen

as Hysterical Lady's Son

Carmine Caridi

as Foolish Father

Otis Sistrunk

as Otis

Derek Schultz

as Foolish Father's Son

Cynthia Hamowy

as Bandaged Man's Wife

Antonie Becker

as Charlene

Tim Thomerson

as Marsha's Blond Date

Mike Slaney

as Bandaged Man

Antar Mubarak

as Sonny Fredericks

Reginald Farmer

as Daddy Rich's Chauffeur

Al Stellone

as Oldsmobile Owner

Jason Bernard

as Lonnie's Parole Officer

Ed Metzger

as Arresting Cop

Ben Frommer

as Man Behind Ken

Jay Butler

as AM Disc Jockey (voice)

Sarina C. Grant

as Newscaster (voice)

Billy Bass

as Newscaster (voice)