Gas(1981)

The comedy that pumps the fun into summer.

Gas is a 1981 comedy following a news reporter who uncovers a scheme involving stolen milk that's driving up prices at the pump and the grocery store. As she digs deeper into the story, her investigation spirals into chaos, pulling in an increasingly absurd cast of characters. What begins as a straightforward journalistic pursuit escalates into a wild, multi-car chase that sends the plot careening in unexpected directions. Susan Anspach leads the film with comedic energy as she navigates the madness of her own reporting. The movie captures the absurdist humor of early-80s cinema, finding laughs in the collision of everyday concerns—fuel costs, inflation, dairy supplies—with outlandish criminal enterprise and vehicular mayhem.