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The Working Girls

The Working Girls is a 1974 sexploitation film written and directed by Stephanie Rothman and starring Sarah Kennedy, Laurie Rose and Cassandra Peterson.

It is about three women sharing an apartment in Los Angeles - Honey, Jill and Denise - who are all endangered by the men in their lives.

The film was Rothman's last as a director. She and her husband, Charles Swartz, left Dimension Pictures after making it and she was unable to find other directing work.

The film has attracted academic interest because of its feminist themes. Rothman said "I think it’s my most mature work. It was my last and I think it’s my most mature."

A blonde, Honey, has a degree in math. She arrives in Los Angeles, determined to find a job and is thrown out of a diner after offering the owner to pay with sex. She comes across a "room vacant" sign near an apartment rented by sign painter Denise, who offers to put up Honey until she can pay rent. Denise introduces Honey to Roger, who does nude modelling for Denise. Denise has another roommate, Jill, who works as a cocktail waitress in a strip club while she studies to be a lawyer.

Honey runs into a man in a park, Mike, and takes him home to sleep with him. Denise admires Mike's body and wants to paint him. She and Mike fall for each other instantly which upsets Honey who leaves the apartment. They track her down to the beach and bring her home.

The strip club where Jill works is owned by Sidney. One of the dancers, Katya, advises Jill to become a dancer. After an awkward start she does well, but then Sidney offers her more money to run the club, and Jill agrees. A gangster, Nicholas, meets Jill demanding protection money off Sidney. She and Nicholas start a relationship.

Honey has put an ad in the newspaper seeking any sort of work. She is hired by Mrs. Borden to kill the latter's husband; Honey arranges for the lady to be arrested. This escapade attracts the attention of eccentric businessman, Vernon, who hires Honey to work for him.

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