School for Sex

Saw this on an obscure British TV channel, that shows some old TV, and a few films of this type, a genre sometimes called 'sexploitation', from the 60s or 70s, designed to capture lads at the end of a Friday or Sat night out, pub, perhaps a curry, and a raunchy film -- maybe the film then a curry?

And this is really the MOST AWFUL tosh! A few such films had a bit of merit, told tongue in cheek, the 'Confessions of' series perhaps, but this has nothing of note, except perhaps the 2nd recorded appearance of Francoise Pascal?

I had to give it one (of 10) as IMDB doesn't permit anything lower, I'd have rated it approx -37 for a more accurate assessment?! A couple of reviews give it EIGHT out of ten, several scored it as a 'six'. WHAT??? How on earth then do they assess actual films that deserve proper scoring, say, Casablanca, 12 Angry Men, Roman Holiday, El Cid, The Odd Couple, Thelma & Louise, Chinatown, etc etc??

The 'story' has been described in a few reviews, the acting is dire throughout, though Derek Aylward does appear a suitably smooth bounder in the lead.

The rest have to do their best not to bump into the furniture, or each other, a village bobby might have failed an audition to be in Benny Hill, perhaps? Even the girls - the whole point of the film -- are a pretty ordinary bunch, not even much in the way of a big chest, though we have to credit Francoise Pascal, just her second film, and even in this dross managed to get noticed for a career in films and TV -- though her partner being a film star may have helped?!

I think there was some 'full frontal nudity' near the start, but I did nod off at times. The films at that time - of this type - used to love a bit of pubic hair, to keep the drunks slightly amused, and give the dirty mac brigade something to hope for later on? But there were no jokes, no great erotic appeal, nothing of note.

I suppose I could justify my 'one' rating, a mark for me, as I judged that the outdoor scenes looked like they'd been shot in one of the pretty villages in E Sussex or W Kent, and so it transpired, apparently Robertsbridge had been used to give the locals a little to chat about in shops and the pub. Hopefully any that saw the movie weren't too disappointed?!

A huge financial success in 1969. Like most postwar British films of the forties & fifties the action of this film takes place in a big country house; but despite the title the budget for 'School for School' didn't stretch to similarly spacious interiors, so the lessons indoors are decidedly confined. (Writer-director Peter Walker makes matters even worse by seeming to have learned how to stage his actors by exclusively studying films made prior to 1914; even down to the comic bobby prowling about the undergrowth.)

The patrician hero, Derek Aylward, is required by the script to occasionally lapse into using uncouth expressions like "birds", "crumpet" and "lovely lolly"; while the one authentically foxy female in it is 'Deputy Headmistress' 50 year-old Rose Alba as drunken procuress The Duchess of Burwash, never seen without a double brandy in her hand.

Like most of Walker's films it's very cynical about what makes people tick; the men being generally gormless & easily manipulated and the women mercenary.

An early effort from Pete Walker, this one takes the form of a lightweight sex comedy that's a bit like an old Carry On or St. Trinian's movie with added nudity. It involves an unscrupulous businessman who decides to set up a business training young girls in the art of seduction, and all of the hijinks that ensue.

I always find Walker to be a professional director and his writing isn't so bad either. SCHOOL FOR SEX is obviously a low budget production, but it's an acceptable timewaster with it. Derek Aylward is a likeably roguish lead and there's a good eye for detail in the casting, too; Nosher Powell is a perfect fit as the P.E. teacher, and Rosa Alba brings a touch of class to the proceedings as the Countess. There aren't as many familiar faces here as in other British sex comedies from the era, although popular starlet Francoise Pascal makes an early appearance as one of the students.

The humour is either groan-worthy or mildly amusing depending on your tastes for this sort of stuff, but the nude scenes are plentiful and playful, and the actresses undeniably attractive. It's certainly one of the more lightweight and forgettable Pete Walker movies I've seen, but given the amount of poor British sex comedies in existence, it could be worse.

"School for Sex" another entry from Paul Walker is a little bit more blunt provocative and open as far as showing skin. Still it's a joy even though the plot might be a little lame still it entertains and each involved both the pretty women and rich playboys learn lessons in the end. After a rich playboy is in court for fraud upon getting away he decides to open up a house to teach girls new manners and how to go for rich men and learn how to control. And plenty of hot scenes are shown of girls wearing sexy colored bras and nudity and love scenes push it a little for a British film. Thru it all the fun and erotic tease games all come to an end still this picture entertained in a sexy and unique manner.

I had decided to watch this on the basis that Nosher Powell was in this, the only other movie I have seen with him was Eat The Rich. He seemed to be mainly cast as a background heavy in things like The Sweeney, but as his name was prominent on the title it was obvious he had a larger part to play.

I am also interested in older UK movies, these sex based comedies seemed to be a big thing in the 70s and watching this it was hard to tell if it was 60s or 70s, however it was made in 69. No pun intended.

For me there wasnt a single person in this movie I recognised which suggested a low budget.

The story is about some rich gentry who is in court for running a brothel after being fleeced by a line of women leaving him broke, so he turns to immoral earnings. The bulk of the story being a flashback. Very little happens however. Its basically a set of scenes were women find a reason to strip under the guise of them being trained to seduce rich men.

What is striking is how the bodies of women have changed since the 60s. The women here have never set foot in a multi gym so their bodies are much more natural looking.

Overall the tone of this is a bit Benny Hill but without the silent treatment or the obvious humour. There is no sex on show however there is full on nudity in some scenes, that will be why its a X rating then.

Like most exploitation movies the poster promises more than it delivers, its just not engaging or entertaining.

As for Nosher, yes he has a prominent speaking role and looks very young in this. Despite being a bit part actor in the main he is probably the biggest name in this.

Hard to recommend expect for the curious....