Gas Pump Girls is a late '70s drive-in movie about a group of sexy girls who decide to save their uncle's ailing gas station by putting their bodies on the line, making mini skirts with halter tops that they remove whenever a crisis arises, such as when mobsters arrive and try to kill them. Their feminine charms work so well that soon business is booming.The movie opens with a scene that sets the tone for the rest of the picture: at a graduation ceremony, a gang of greasers (the vultures) snag the girls' gowns on a nail so that when they step forward the material, which is apparently made out of crepe paper, rips off, and of course the girls are all wearing next to nothing underneath.This modest tone, one of bawdy humour, is not upheld throughout the movie's runtime. The movie seriously falters toward the end, as I guess the screenwriters ran out of excuses to show nudity, or much else to advance the already pretty thin plot. I never believed that the girls and their friends would go to any length to save the old man's gas station. He isn't particularly charismatic when you meet him, and there's no chemistry between him and the main character.I liked her, though. She's very pretty with her blonde hair and blue eyes. The only nudity from her is right at the beginning of the movie, in the gown-tearing sequence.

Aside from some gratuitous topless scenes and a few double entendres, Gas Pump Girls is a surprisingly sweet little film about five teenage girls, their boyfriends, and a goofy motorcycle gang taking on the big bad Pyramid Petroleum Company in beautiful downtown Sacramento. The talents of old timers Huntz Hall, Joe E. Ross, and Mike Mazurki are sadly wasted, but the film manages to provide 90 minutes of relatively painless entertainment. Even the wretched original songs work in the post-Grease context of this low budget musical comedy. "Ooo wah ooh wah...ooh wah ooh wah...your mother is an ooo wah" indeed!

Just watched this on laserdisc and loved it! When I saw that this was filmed in Sacramento, where I live, I went to the actual location (which is easy to find since the street signs are visible in the movie) and saw the old run-down place is STILL standing, it is now a CA Recycling Center. The big station across the street was torn down and paved over though! I need to find the soundtrack album now, the disco music in this is great!

How could any nut forget GAS PUMP GIRLS? This one possibly started the light "exploitation comedies" that flowed into the early 80s mainstream. It appears that all the dirty filth invading theater screens since then suddenly gave way to this picture that PORKY'S would later follow. You'll most likely expect the home video version being drastically cut of any excessive garbage, but what's the difference? Don't be surprised to find this one fairly delightful, very amusing, and less profane, because that's the way films like this should be. Still "adults only" fun, but not at the extreme (unless an uncut edition surfaces!). I hate how movies like this offer a plot where "getting revenge" hampers an already sweet story of five young girls running shop, so that kind of hurts it. If you're addicted to shot-on-video porn (and I hope not!), this isn't for you. But I know you're honest! GAS PUMP GIRLS, while worth a good night's rent, is a surprisingly overlooked gem that needed greater attention. A fine reference of cult moviedom. Check out the video box cover and see for yourself!