Lunch Wagon is a 1981

1981 in film

-Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it....

 sex comedy

Sex comedy

Sex comedy is a term for comedy movies with sexual content usually referring to those made in the United Kingdom in the mid 1970s. They may range from comic pornographic films like the Confessions series to relatively innocent comedies that include jokes about sex and other sexual related humour,...

 starring Pamela Jean Bryant, Rosanne Katon

Rosanne Katon

Rosanne Katon is an American model, actress, comedian and activist. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1978 issue...

, and Candy Moore

Candy Moore

Candy Moore is an American actress from Maplewood, New Jersey. Moore began her career on television series such as Leave It to Beaver and Letter to Loretta. When she was asked to play the role of Chris Carmichael on The Lucy Show, she could not resist...

. The film was directed by Ernest Pintoff

Ernest Pintoff

Ernest Pintoff was an American film and television director, screenwriter and film producer....

 and written by Marshall Harvey and Leon Phillips.

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. It is most notable for being 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.