An unfortunate title makes this sound like just another California-blonde movie, and that hurt at the box office. Creative team of Barwood and Robbins have fashioned a sweet comedrama about a teenager, ably played by Hamill, who goes after a car that's been stolen. Roche (the Ajax Man in
the TV commercials) is the shop teacher at a high school, whose class has lovingly restored a Corvette only to have it stolen. Hamill is picked up by adorable Potts, a fledgling hooker attempting to learn her trade in the rear of a van equipped with a water bed. The writer and director manage to
integrate several plot lines into the movie; Roche is squeezed between a teacher's sala...
Released:
1978
Rated:
PG
Length:
105 mins