The Girls in the Office is a 1979 American made-for-television romantic drama film starring Susan Saint James, Barbara Eden, Robyn Douglass and Penny Peyser as four young women working in the office of a new department store in Houston, Texas.
[1] "The Girls in the Office" are four young women working in the office of the new Nayfak's department store in Houston where the action centers around the quartet as they search for professional success and future husbands while balancing their jobs with their love lives: Ben Nayfak is a pioneer who rose from shirt peddler to tycoon and, as his crowning glory, is determined to build the world's grandest department store.
During early filming, Susan Saint James accidentally injured her knee and when it became swollen, she was unable to walk through the vast Galleria complex unaided.
It was suggested that she use a golf cart and the idea worked so well that scenes were rewritten for her to glide past the various departments with ease.
[2] The film's tagline is: "Meet the people behind the world's most glamorous department store... An intimate look at their hidden lives.