Lunch Wagon

Lunch Wagon

1981 · 88 min · ★ 4.2 · Comedy, Crime

Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.

Directed by Ernest Pintoff · Written by Leon Phillips

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