Gas Pump Girls
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| Directed by | Joel Bender |
| Written by | Joel Bender |
| Starring | Kirsten Baker Dennis Bowen Huntz Hall Sandy Johnson Rikki Marin Ken Lerner |
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Gas Pump Girls is a 1979 American comedy. Directed by Joel Bender, it stars Kirsten Baker as June. Following their high school graduation, she and her friends take over the operation of June's uncle's gasoline station, which faces stiff competition from the new, bigger, more modern station that has recently opened across the street.
The film's plot follows the adventures of June (Kirsten Baker) and her friends who after their senior year of high school, agree to help June's uncle (Huntz Hall)'s failing gas and service station.
However, right across the street is another station, one led by Mr. Friendly (Dave Shelley) a devious businessman. His goal is to put his rival out of business.
It seems like fate might be working in the villain's favor. Uncle Joe has been struck by a heart attack, and can no longer run the business. After Uncle Joe's doctor tells him he must sell the gasoline station that he's operated for more than twenty years, June decides to take over its management, and persuades her friends to work for her. The girls, serving as the station's gas pump attendants, wear abbreviated uniforms—halter tops and short shorts—one labeled "Regular" and the other "Super Duper" (for high-octane fuel). Michael and his male friends work as mechanics in the station's body shop. June also installs a public address system, over which she announces the station's services, using sexually suggestive phrases and double entendres. Business is soon booming, much to Mr. Friendly's chagrin.
The Vultures, a local motorcycle gang, vandalize June's station, but are soon recruited by her as she puts her feminine charms to work, and the toughs work as her tow truck driving team. (Ken Lerner plays Peewee, one of the bikers.)
Mr. Friendly hires two mobsters to put June out of business—by killing her. The Mobsters are played by seasoned screen vets Mike Mazurki, and Joe E. Ross, best known for playing the loveable but bumbling police officer Toody on Car 54, Where Are You?. However, as they threaten her, she flips the switch on the PA system, alerting the others of her dilemma. Having returned from towing a vehicle, the Vultures hatch a plan: while the girls pace back and forth, topless, to distract the mobsters, the Vultures, waiting just outside the doorway to the station's office, will club the men over their heads with a board. First one, and then the other, mobster falls victim to the scheme, and is knocked unconscious.
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