School for Sex

My local Blockbuster did not have the film I wanted so I rented this film instead. As I watched this film I thought I was watching a topless version of the Benny Hill show. The Benny Hill show included recurring sketches where Benny played "a dirty old man from Britain" trying to seduce an attractive young ladies. I thought this film had the similiar theme of the Benny Hill sketches except the girls were often topless in this movie. Even though the film was "wild" for the late 60's it may be consider only a comedy farce by today standards. I consider this a good movie when a person wants to watch a no plot comedy with topless ladies. Only warning is that the quality of the movie may be sub standard since this was a low budget film, and the color, tint, and sharpness may have faded.

I wasn't really sure what to expect going into this one; my experience of Peter Walker extends only to his horror movies, some of which are excellent (House of Whipcord) while others are terrible (Die Screaming Marianne). School for Sex is an early Walker film (actually, his first according to IMDb) and it's his attempt at a sex comedy. The film doesn't exactly have a great reputation among the few who have seen it, and that's not really surprising - but all the same, I actually rather liked this silly little film. Naturally, everything in it is rather tame these days, and compared to other films like this from the late sixties - not all that lurid for the time it was released in. The film was obviously intended to be more of a comedy than a sex film, and doesn't go much further than showing it's female cast topless. The plot focuses on a man convicted for fraud. He decides to start up his own 'school for sex' with the help of a local Duchess. There he teaches girls how to seduce men and get them to part with their cash...

The plot was clearly not the main thing on Peter Walker's mind. The film is only short, running about seventy five minutes and the story neither goes anywhere nor has any real point. Obviously the main aim of the film was to show a bit of skin and make his audience laugh, and Walker just about achieved both of those aims. The comedy isn't really very funny, but it's all very light-hearted and the film has a sort of British charm to it which is nice. I can certainly see why the film doesn't have a great deal of fans; aside from the reasons mentioned, this is never going to be a film that will appeal to everyone; porn fans are likely to be disappointed at the lack of sex and nudity, while non-porn fans probably wont enjoy it much either. The central idea certainly could have lead to a much better movie too; I have to admit that I enjoy movies about people being conned anyway, and showing young girls doing it to 'men who should know better' could have been much more fun. On the whole, this is not exactly Peter Walker's best work, but for what is I enjoyed it, although I wouldn't recommend anyone going to great lengths to track it down!

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?!

"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....