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Gas

  • 1981
  • R
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
3.2/10
400
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Gas (1981)
Comedy

Chaos besets a town when the populace hears of a gas shortage. Reporter Jane Beardsley investigates stolen milk causing milk prices and gas prices to rise. Others get involved, leading to a ... Read allChaos besets a town when the populace hears of a gas shortage. Reporter Jane Beardsley investigates stolen milk causing milk prices and gas prices to rise. Others get involved, leading to a big car chase. Howie Mandel's screen debut.Chaos besets a town when the populace hears of a gas shortage. Reporter Jane Beardsley investigates stolen milk causing milk prices and gas prices to rise. Others get involved, leading to a big car chase. Howie Mandel's screen debut.

  • Director
    • Les Rose
  • Writers
    • Susan Scranton
    • Dick Wolf
  • Stars
    • Susan Anspach
    • Howie Mandel
    • Sterling Hayden
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    • IMDb RATING
    3.2/10
    400
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Les Rose
    • Writers
      • Susan Scranton
      • Dick Wolf
    • Stars
      • Susan Anspach
      • Howie Mandel
      • Sterling Hayden
    • 17User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Susan Anspach
    Susan Anspach
    • Jane Beardsley
    Howie Mandel
    Howie Mandel
    • Matt Lloyd
    Sterling Hayden
    Sterling Hayden
    • Duke Stuyvesant
    Helen Shaver
    Helen Shaver
    • Rhonda
    Sandee Currie
    Sandee Currie
    • Sarah Marshal
    Peter Aykroyd
    Peter Aykroyd
    • Ed Marshal
    Keith Knight
    Keith Knight
    • Ira
    Alf Humphreys
    Alf Humphreys
    • Lou Picard
    Philip Akin
    • Lincoln Jones
    Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan
    • Guido Vespucci
    Paul Kelman
    • Nino Vespucci
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Nick the Noz
    Dustin Waln
    • Earl Stuyvesant
    Vlasta Vrana
    Vlasta Vrana
    • Baron Stuyvesant
    Harvey Chao
    • Lee Kwan
    Briane Nasimok
    • Fawsi Ibn Fawsi
    Violet Bussey
    • Mrs. Botts
    • (as Violet Bussy)
    Vincent Marino
    • Uncle Leo
    • Director
      • Les Rose
    • Writers
      • Susan Scranton
      • Dick Wolf
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In an interview with the New York Times in 1981, Donald Sutherland claimed he took the role because he " was broke, and needed the money ".
    • Goofs
      Toward the film's conclusion, Bobby (Carl Marotte) thinks he spots the van of Rhonda (Helen Shaver), the object of his lust. He calls out for her, and the scene switches to her van being driven down the street. A few seconds later, Bobby is still pursuing the van and calling for Rhonda, but he now has lipstick kisses all over his face. The scene then switches, and comes back to van-chasing Bobby, who now sports no lipstick kisses.
    • Quotes

      Ira: [Trying to figure out how to drive a stick-shift car] P, R, N, D, L... Yes, L for Leave!

    • Connections
      Featured in Vintage Video: A Chronological 80's Film Rewatch Podcast: Gas (1981) (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Back in the USA
      by Chuck Berry
      © 1969 ABC Music Corp.
      Performed by Linda Ronstadt
      Courtesy of Asylum Records

    User reviews17

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    2/10

    Gas.......phew!!!!

    Although made in 1981, you'll think you've made your way back to the early seventies watching this stinker, and not in a good retro kinda sense either.If you are an adolescent male, and up to wasting 90 minutes of your life listening to bad jokes, this could be the one. There's tons of gratuitous sexual references (nothing ever happens), really bad writing, a boring car chase, and a performance by Donald Sutherland that even his mom would cringe at. To be avoided, this movie bites.
    • TJG-2
    • Jan 18, 1999
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 24, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A tutto gas
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)
      • Davis-Panzer Productions
      • Filmplan International
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • CA$6,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,869,425
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,869,425
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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