Working Girls

Fun and entertaining drive-in fare
I spent many an hour in the drive-in in the Seventies, and this is exactly the sort of thing you'd see. The storyline is engaging, there is some mild sexuality, and then a few over-the-top things thrown in for Cormen-eque audience interest. Yes, you get to see Elvira doing a striptease dance (more interesting and mercifully shorter than most I've seen in movies), but the real characters of interest are Sarah Kennedy, with a strange squeaky voice as Honey, and Laurie Rose and Lynne Guthrie as the other sirens. It's all easily forgotten, but not dull. Code Red consistently does a good job with the picture, sound, and extras, so pick this one up before it disappears.

Not what you think.
From the description, I thought this might be one of those amusing T&A flicks from the 70's. The ones where the girls are jiggling out of their tops in all sorts of preposterous situations. The story is boring, not funny at all. Cassandra Peterson is topless, not naked as the alternative title suggests. It's definatley her, she does the same thing with her eyes that she does when accenting a punchline as the Elvira character. When you've seen this once, your not likely to sit through it again.

Working Girls
This version of Working Girls is a 70s drive-in movie, not to be confused with the other later and much superior "Working Girls" w/Jane Fonda, etc. This one features Sarah Kennedy, Goldy Hawn's replacement on TV's old "Laugh-In", Simon Sturgis, son of classic film director Preston Sturgis, and Elvira, TV vamp. Directed by Stephanie Rothman, queen of low budget girl flicks, this one involves a comely young woman's adventures looking to make some honest bucks in LA.

I ordered a copy mainly because I was the assistant director on this film, but never got to see the finished product. I remember the cast & crew as nice folks, especially Elvira, but the
film is nothing special. Also not the best print for this DVD issue.

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