Gas (1981 film)

Gas
Directed by	Les Rose
Written by	Susan Scranton Dick Wolf
Produced by	Claude Héroux
Starring	Susan Anspach Howie Mandel Sterling Hayden Helen Shaver Peter Aykroyd Sandee Currie Keith Knight Donald Sutherland
Cinematography	René Verzier
Edited by	Patrick Dodd
Music by	Paul Zaza
Production companies	Filmplan International Davis-Panzer Productions Canadian Film Development Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 24, 1981 (1981-07-24)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	C$6,500,000
Box office	$2,869,425 (US)

Gas is a 1981 Canadian comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, the plot of which was inspired by the 1979 energy crisis. The film was directed by Les Rose and produced by Claude Héroux.

Plot summary

A small Midwestern town is thrown into chaos when the local oil tycoon Duke Stuyvesant orchestrates a phony oil shortage in order to increase profits. News reporter Jane Beardsley tries to uncover the plot. Radio DJ Nick the Noz, observing from his station's news helicopter, reports on the craziness caused by the gasoline shortage.

Cast

• Susan Anspach ... Jane Beardsley
• Howie Mandel ... Matt Lloyd
• Sterling Hayden ... Duke Stuyvesant
• Helen Shaver ... Rhonda
• Sandee Currie ... Sarah Marshal
• Peter Aykroyd ... Ed Marshal
• Keith Knight ... Ira
• Alf Humphreys ... Lou Picard
• Philip Akin ... Lincoln Jones
• Michael Hogan ... Guido Vespucci
• Paul Kelman ... Nino Vespucci
• Donald Sutherland ... Nick the Noz
• Dustin Waln ... Earl Stuyvesant
• Vlasta Vrána ... Baron Stuyvesant
• Harvey Chao ... Lee Kwan
• Walker Boone ... Gangster #1 (Dutch)

Home media

The film was released on VHS and ßeta in January 1982 by Paramount Home Video. To date, it has not been released on DVD, Blu-ray or 4k/UHD.

External links

• Gas at IMDb
• Gas at VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
• Gas at Rotten Tomatoes