Working Girls

Honey comes to Los Angeles to seek her new lifestyle, but is flat broke. She gets a place to stay with Denise and Jill. Honey has hard luck finding a job, but eventually gets hired by a millionaire to just talk to him. Denise falls in love with a guitar player Honey brings home, but there's something shady going on with him. Jill works at the local strip bar as a waitress, and the manager has new plans for her. Soon the girls get thrown into danger by the illegal activities of the men they love, and must find a way to solve the problem.
Writer/director Stephanie Rothman relates the entertaining story at a zippy pace, maintains an engaging good-natured and lighthearted tone throughout, and neatly captures the breezy'n'easy vibe of the carefree 70's. Moreover, this film is acted with great zest by an attractive and appealing cast: Kennedy, Rose, and Guthrie all do sturdy work in their roles, with fine support from Mark Thomas as nice guy mobster Nick, Ken Del Conte as friendly singer Mike, Gene Elman as amiable nightclub owner Sidney, and, in an especially nifty part, a pre-Elvira Cassandra Peterson as cheery stripper Katja (and, yes folks, the ravishing Ms. Peterson does indeed perform a sizzling burlesque striptease in which she bares her beautifully bountiful breasts). The upbeat and optimistic sensibility gives this one a substantial amount of merry charm that's impossible to either dislike or resist. Daniel Lacambre's bright cinematography provides a pleasing sunny look. Michael Andres' infectiously bouncy score keeps things bouncing along. A really fun little drive-in flick.