A close-knit group of black employees at a Los Angeles car wash have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt one day, including Daddy Rich, a money-hungry evangelist from the “Church of Divine Economics”, and a man who is mistaken as a mad bomber – but who is really simply carrying a urine sample to hospital.
The film has hardly any plot to speak of, but with artists such as Rose Royce and the Pointer Sisters, this really is funky disco at it’s best.
Throughout the movie, the (many!) characters discuss love, religion, prostitution, parenthood, homosexuality, social climbing, money, class struggle, sex, and above all, music, which is their unifying element.
There are especially strong performances from Antonio Fargas (better known as Huggy Bear in StarskyAndHutch) and comedian Franklyn Ajaye as ‘the Fly’, a wanna be super hero with a crush on a gorgeous, seemingly unattainable woman.
Obviously, this is not an Oscar winner, but it is good fun, sometimes touching, and always entertaining from start to finish.
It’s also a good look at LA in the 70’s. And, it’s one of the few movies where voice over narration actually works.
Can you dig it? I knew that you could. Solid!
Floyd
Darrow Igus Lloyd
DeWayne Jessie Hippo
James Spinks Lindy
Antonio Fargas The Wilson Sisters
The Pointer Sisters Daddy Rich
Richard Pryor Taxi driver
George Carlin Snapper
Clarence Muse T.C.
Franklyn Ajaye Mona
Tracy Reed Duane
Bill Duke Lonnie
Ivan Dixon Goody
Henry Kingi Chuco
Pepe Serna Geronimo
Ray Vitte Scruggs
Jack Kehoe Slide
Garrett Morris Justin
Leon Pinkney Loretta
Ren Woods Earl
Leonard Jackson Mr B
Sully Boyar Mad Bomber
Irwin Corey Irwin
Richard Brestoff Marsha
Melanie Mayron Charlie
Arthur French Calvin
Michael Fennell Charlene
Antonie Becker Lonnie’s son
Erin Blunt Sonny Fredericks
Antar Mubarak Otis
Otis Sistrunk Ken
Tim Thomerson
Director
Michael Schultz
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Throughout the movie, the (many!) characters discuss love, religion, prostitution, parenthood, homosexuality, social climbing, money, class struggle, sex, and above all, music, which is their unifying element.
