Car Wash

Year: 1976

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael Schultz

DramaComedyRomanceCrude humor and satireRelationship comedy

A day‑in‑the‑life cult comedy follows a group of friends clocking in at Sully Boyar’s Car Wash in a gritty Los Angeles neighborhood. Throughout the shift they meet oddball customers—a smooth‑talking preacher, a zany cab driver, an ex‑convict—and trade politically incorrect jokes over a nonstop disco‑funk soundtrack. As the hours pass some workers spark romance, but most are simply relieved to survive another shift.

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