{{short description|1981 film by Ernest Pintoff}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film |name = Lunch Wagon |director = Ernest Pintoff |producer = Mark Borde |writer = Marshall Harvey<br />Leon Phillips/Terrie Frankel |starring = Pamela Jean Bryant<br />Rosanne Katon<br>Candy Moore<!-- do not link: not the Lucy Show actress--><br>Rick Podell<br>James Van Patten<br>Chuck McCann<br>Rose Marie<br>Michael Tucci<br>Louisa Moritz |cinematography = Fred Lemler |editing = M. Edward Salier |distributor = Seymour Borde & Associates (United States and Canada)<br>Manson International<ref>{{cite web|title=Lunch Wagon (1981)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|access-date=10 May 2024|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56655-LUNCH-WAGON?sid=f360e6b3-4a49-49b1-bdf9-1ac10c94a766&sr=12.600757&cp=1&pos=0}}</ref> (International) |released = {{Film date|1981|09}} |runtime = 88 minutes |country = United States |gross= $1,170,000<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/297/mode/1up|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace|last=Donahue|first= Suzanne Mary|year=1987 |publisher=UMI Research Press |page=297}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada</ref> |language = English }}
'''''Lunch Wagon''''' (also known as '''''Lunch Wagon Girls''''') is a 1981 sex comedy film starring Pamela Jean Bryant, Rosanne Katon, and Candy Moore.<!-- do not link Candy Moore: not the Lucy Show actress--><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Lunch Wagon|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/30480/Lunch-Wagon/overview|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208225544/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/30480/Lunch-Wagon/overview|archivedate=December 8, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Jason Ankeny|date=2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The film was directed by Ernest Pintoff<ref name=NYT/> and written by Marshall Harvey and Terrie Frankel and Leon Phillips. Mayor Bradley declared "Lunch Wagon Day" for the opening, and there was a parade of over 80 Lunch Wagons down Hollywood Boulevard. The film was very popular with teens and was the largest grossing independent movie of 1981.
==Synopsis== Three women start a lunch wagon business, but run into resistance from their competitor Mr. Schmeckler (Rick Podell) when their business starts interfering with illegal activity that Schmeckler is involved in. While Schmeckler busies himself trying to sabotage their wagon, the women are busy falling in love with construction workers and rock stars. Meanwhile, two bumbling diamond thieves create complications for both sides. The film was the first major exposure for the band Missing Persons, credited here as "U.S. Drag", with their songs "Mental Hopscotch" and "I Like Boys" featuring prominently on the soundtrack.
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0081088}}
Category:1981 films Category:1980s sex comedy films Category:1981 crime films Category:American sex comedy films Category:1981 English-language films Category:Films directed by Ernest Pintoff Category:1981 comedy films Category:1981 American films Category:English-language crime films Category:English-language sex comedy films
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