British sexploitation - comedies and dramas - 1968-1981
A list of the British sexploitation comedies and dramas released between the start of the permissive society and relaxation of censorship laws 1968 until the real decline in popularity and growth in home video ownership in 1981. It's frequently commented that the sex comedies were neither sexy or funny, but they were hugely popular in their day and gave the flagging British film industry the boost it needed in the 70s, Confessions Of A Window Cleaner being the most successful British production in UK cinemas in 1974. However, it's been less the sex, but more the portrayal of the mundanity of British life in the 70s that have given these films continued cult interest, plus the appearances of a few notable TV and film actors, some of who would rather these films disappeared out of existence.
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- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsLucia ModugnoTerence SkeltonDaniel OllierA young Italian girl comes to London and is tricked into posing nude for risqué magazines.
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsSimon BrentGeorgina WardPaula PattersonThe sexual shenanigans of DJ Stevee Daly, who can't decide whether to fix his marriage to Suzanne or to yield to his many loving conquests.
- DirectorMichael CortStarsJames Robertson JusticeCharles HawtreyRobin HawdonA race of sexy women from Angvia, a planet in another dimension, comes to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet.
- DirectorAlastair ReidStarsDiana DorsLinda HaydenTroy DanteLibidinous 15 year old English schoolgirl Lucy finds her single mother dead. They never had a good relationship, but this still unbalances her. She moves in with the family of her mother's old friend. She hates him and seduces his wife.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsDerek AylwardRose AlbaBob AndrewsLord Wingate, aquitted after appearing in court for fraud, starts up a 'finishing school' for girls. He enlists the help of the Duchess of Burwood and Hector. The first batch of pupils come from Holloway prison.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsVictor HenrySusan GeorgeJack ShepherdAn irresponsible window cleaner believes he has found true love with a woman he picked up in a tavern.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsVictor SpinettiVanessa HowardDennis WatermanThree part 'trilogy of comedy'. In 'This' Susan Stress, a fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer only to make a fool of herself in a case of mistaken identity. In 'That' George is a depressed middle aged loner whose suicide attempt is interrupted by the arrival of a child-like hippy girl who proceeds to turn his life on its head. While in 'The Other' Harold, an avid sex film fan and taxi driver, crashes his cab after being distracted by the leggy charms of his latest passenger. Suffering a thump on the head, Harold has bizarre hallucinations and ends up being chased around a forest by shapely girls.
- DirectorDonovan WinterStarsChristopher MatthewsYolande TurnerAnnabel LeventonA young man fantasizes about fornicating with several women.
- DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsMadeleine HindeRenée AshersonDennis WatermanA traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
- DirectorGeorge Harrison MarksStarsCharles GrayBruno ElringtonJune PalmerNine comically sexy sketches in which Harrison Marks introduces his ancestors' experiences with women through the ages.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsRobin AskwithJanet LynnJess ConradA naive couple leave their small town for success in London's adult entertainment culture.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsEsme JohnsBilly BoyleRichard ShawA bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal Butterfly, and soon discovers that being a rock band's groupie isn't as glamorous or exciting as she thought it would be.
- DirectorAntony BalchStarsRichard SchulmanJanet SpearmanDorothy GrumbarA brainy sex flick with a sense of humor, the film begins with a narrator/mummy who guides us through a number of vignettes promising to show what some of us go through in the pursuit of sexual pleasure. There's a fabulous ten minute opening, where the half naked go go dancers have vegetables thrown at them. One of the tales features a female photographer who tortures a male model. Another has a female burglar (Cathy Howard) caught by the house owner. The craziest involves a nerd hiring a blond call girl (Sue Bond) in pursuit of a menage-a-trois with his pet lizard; and there's a endearing misadventure with secret agent Lindy Leigh (Maria Frost) who does topless safecracking.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsMaggie StrideGay SingletonGilbert WynneSuzy arrives in London with nowhere to stay and meets Fiona, a groupie who has settled into a relationship with Lee, a singer/bassist in a rock band.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsJames DonnellyLarry TaylorValerie St. JohnSix unconnected stories involving wife and husband swapping, or swinging, are described in a titillating way while analyzed by a pseudo psychologist.
- DirectorJohn BownStarsDavid SumnerJoan AlcornSibylla KayMonique is a vivacious French au pair girl who not only looks after the children, but also sexually satisfies the parents.
- DirectorRay AustinStarsAlexandra HaySandor ElèsHarry BairdThe daughter of a British prison governor returns from an American finishing school and chases after the inmates of her dad's prison.
- DirectorAnthony SlomanStarsLuan PetersVincent BallJason TwelvetreesA lonely 'Stay-at-Home' Housewife is being watched every night through the bathroom window by a 'Peeping Tom', who is being put up to it by his friend. She eventually finds out and gets her revenge on them.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsPenny BeechingShirley HarmerLee PetersPseudo-documentary about black magic.
- DirectorStanley A. LongStarsAnthony NigelPeter MarinkerDick HaydonOn their way home from the Isle of Wight Pop Festival, Jeff, Trev, and Mick, with girlfriends Marty and Cathy, decide to pitch a tent on private land. In the morning the land's owner Rafe finds them and orders them to leave, but he changes his mind when one of the girls emerges nude form the tent. Explaining that he only comes down to the house on weekends, Rafe says they can stay if they redecorate his house. The squatters agree, but once Rafe leaves, they decide to organize a pop festival at the house. The men try to force their girlfriends to make a blue movie to raise the cash. When this proves disastrous, Jeff goes to London and poses as a pop journalist so he can book the groups "Crazy Mabel" and "The Juicy Lucy" for the festival.
- DirectorMalcolm LeighStarsJoanna LumleyRichard WattisPenny BrahmsIn the 1920s, two rival brothel madames have a bet on who has the sexiest girls.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsSue BondSally MuggeridgeFelicity OliverMaria, a juvenile delinquent, is stuck in a boring girls' school for young offenders in Sunderland. A suggestive wink and a flash of her knickers at an elderly gardener is enough to convince him to help Maria escape from the school.
- DirectorAnthony SlomanStarsRobert CaseQuinn O'HaraSusanne RogersTough Guy Ted searches for his sister Joan in Soho Clubland, and finds himself bedded down with an assortment of characters as a result.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsHywel BennettDenholm ElliottCyd HaymanEdwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the full story of the organ's origin. So Edwin begins a search which takes him to the philanderer's wife - and also to his many, many girlfriends...
- DirectorVal GuestStarsAstrid FrankJohnny BriggsGabrielle DrakeFour sexy foreign girls come to England as au pairs, and quickly become quite intimate with their employers, host families, and everyone else they encounter.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsEva WhishawPeter MayMaggie WrightSeven stories of marital infidelity, told from the women's point of view.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsTristan RogersKaren BoyesAlan CurtisHans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.
- DirectorJoseph W. SarnoStarsDiana DorsCia LöwgrenPeder KinbergThe sadistic Madam Margareta is a talking side of beef that serves as the hostess and ring leader for a live sex tease show and whorehouse.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsGabrielle DrakeRobin BaileyHeather ChasenSix stories that document the awkward sex lives of Englishmen.
- DirectorStanley A. LongStarsBartlett MullinsPeggy Ann CliffordMaggie WrightA series of vignettes exposing how women manipulate their men into submission.
- DirectorKen TurnerStarsHenry WoolfToni SinclairDavid PughA man discovers a candy can also be used as an aphrodisiac--and a contraceptive.
- DirectorTudor GatesWilbur StarkStarsChris WilliamsAlison KingSimon LegreeEleven one-act sex comedies, involving wife swappers, a bored housewife, a young virgin, and an orgy in Kilburn.
- DirectorWolf RillaJonathan DemmeStarsBrendan PriceKaren BoyesSteve PattersonA young man gets a job as a door-to-door salesman and tries to fight off advances from the female customers.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsAnouska HempelRay BrooksSusan SheersLight-hearted and occasionally unclothed adaptation of a British comic strip in the over-the-top, on-beyond-Bond spy fantasy vein.
- DirectorCliff OwenStarsRonnie CorbettBeryl ReidArthur LoweA mistaken address causes a newlywed couple's apartment to fill up with mail-order Swiss porn... right before a visit by the wife's father, a bank president who happens to be the husband's new employer. From the Broadway play.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsHywel BennettNanette NewmanRussell LewisSatirical sex comedy about a young mother of six who doesn't want any more children so she refuses her husband sex. When he gets desperate, she suggests contraception but his Catholic faith and priest friend complicate things.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsJennifer WestbrookDavid WarbeckHenry RaynerAn inspector and an insurance investigator both have a major stake in revealing the identity of an audacious jewel thief.
- DirectorArnold L. MillerStarsHilary FarrKim AlexanderAmber KammerA pair of frustrated housewives who are bored and neglected by their husbands decide to go to a 'sex clinic' in the country.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsRobin AskwithAnthony BoothSheila WhiteAn optimistic and inept window cleaner fully 'satisfies' his customers, bed hopping from one unsatisfied housewife to another, until he meets a successful female police officer, who will have none of his sexual advances.
- DirectorJim AtkinsonStarsJeremy BullochNeil HallettJill DamasBlundering idiot is set an ultimatum by his girlfriend. Keep a job for a week or she leaves him. Only innuendo and comedy pratfalls can stop him.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsLeigh LawsonElke SommerDenholm ElliottPercy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the city's water that makes men impotent.
- DirectorMaurice HamblinStarsJohn HamillSue LonghurstClaire RussellHorny artist Alan Street (John Hamill) has to fend off amorous female neighbours whilst his beautiful girlfriend (Sue Longhurst) is out at work.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsChristina HartOliver GilbertHarry TowbYoung daughter of High ranking political figure gets into trouble when she and her friends compete at bedding the foreign diplomats.
- DirectorAlan BirkinshawStarsRoger Lloyd PackVicki HodgeDerek RoyleA young architect plans to design a building after the perfect breast and searches for a woman who bears the right model all over London.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsMark JonesSue LonghurstLinda ReganA failed music hall performer inherits a brothel when his aunt dies. He takes over the running of the business and falls in love with its star attraction, beautiful prostitute Virginia.
- DirectorDonovan WinterStarsMaria O'BrienDavid DixonHelen ChristieIt is Christmas Eve in London, and various lonely men and women turn to male and female escorts for company.
- DirectorStanley A. LongStarsChris Lethbridge-BakerLee DonaldBrenda PetersA look at sex and pornography through down the ages. From the liberal ancient Greeks, to the hypocritical Victorians, and on to modern times.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsMonika RingwaldMark JonesAndrew GrantA young Venusian girl lands on Earth to explore the planet. She lands in Soho in London, UK where she has ample opportunities to research sex on Earth.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsMichael ArmstrongTerence EdmondChristopher TimothyThree young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....
- DirectorPeter CurranStarsLinda MarloweAnna BergmanNicholas DayAn art dealer and her sex-crazed teenage daughter Penelope use sex to sell forged paintings.
- DirectorJohn SealeyStarsBarry StokesGay SoperSue LloydThe sexually frustrated women of Sodding Chipbury lead a humdrum existence, until Bob, the handsome new handyman, arrives in their picturesque village.
- DirectorDerren NesbittStarsJulie EgeDiana DorsBrendan PriceRandy Milkman Davey bites off more than he can chew when he starts to deliver more than pints of milk to some of the bored housewives on his route. In a short space of time he finds himself engaged to two different women; on the receiving end of a bad beating from the local gangster whose girlfriend has been two-timing him with Davey; and finally he ends up in court on a rape charge when an irate husband comes home unexpectedly and discovers Terry and his wife in a compromising situation.
- DirectorJoseph McGrathStarsJohn HamillBill KerrBurt KwoukUp and coming portrait artist Alan Street is employed by the owner of a Soho Swingers Club to paint the nude hostesses. Whilst Alan relishes his new job his beautiful girlfriend is less than impressed.
- DirectorNorman CohenStarsRobin AskwithAnthony BoothBill MaynardThe continued erotic adventures of a British boy trying to make money and meet ladies, this time as the member of a pop band.
- DirectorTrevor WrennStarsChristopher ChittellJennifer WestbrookMichael WatkinsBrothers Martin and Paul Barnard are summoned to the family home after their father's death, but they're not allowed in the house until the reading of the will. They stay in the cottage occupied by their father's servants, Adam and Nicole.
- DirectorStanley A. LongStarsBarry EvansJudy GeesonAdrienne PostaJoe North is a cab driver in London, something that gives him many opportunities to have sex.
- DirectorNorman CohenStarsRobin AskwithAnthony BoothSheila WhiteThe sexual misadventures of Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett when they set up a driving school business.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsHeather DeeleyJeffrey MorganTimothy BlackstoneWhilst on a train journey a beautiful woman (Heather Deeley) fantasises about a series of bizarre sexual encounters.
- DirectorJames Kenelm ClarkeStarsUdo KierLinda HaydenFiona RichmondA paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
- DirectorHenry HerbertStarsKoo StarkSarah BrackettVictor SpinettiThe year is 1928 and Emily, aged seventeen, returns home from school in Switzerland. At her family estate in the English countryside, it seems everyone is trying to seduce her.
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsJack WildMark SingletonSue LonghurstWhen Cockshute Towers is threatened with bankruptcy, its oversexed inhabitants attempt various money-making schemes.
- DirectorTudor GatesMartin CampbellStarsGeorge BakerMonika RingwaldJohn BensonA psychology teacher assigns his university class a project about personal fantasies.
- DirectorJoseph McGrathStarsBarry AndrewsJames BoothSally FaulknerVirginal nerd Jon Pigeon works in a peculiar sex research institute in which patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are encouraged and where no man is safe from a crotch-grabbing old tea-lady. In order to seduce office secretary Cheryl, Pigeon invents a machine nicknamed Agnes which emits a 'sonic aphrodisiac' that can turn any man or woman into an over-lustful sex maniac. While his attempts to zap Cheryl end in disaster, Pigeon has some fun turning the 'sexy ray' on his bullying boss Nutbrown and clean-up campaigner Mary Watchtower.
- DirectorMorton M. LewisAlan SelwynStarsTony KenyonMark JonesAlan SelwynCuster Firkeshaw, the owner of a girlie magazine, stands to inherit a fortune...IF he can get married and have a baby within a year. When he (and his relatives) find out from his doctor that he only has 13 more...uh, attempts-at-procreating left in him, the relatives set out to ensure that he uses them all up, so that they can inherit the property.
- DirectorGerry PoulsonStarsBarry EvansLiz FraserHilary PritchardA British sex comedy about a doctor, a bevy of beautiful women and their sexual problems. Can the overworked and over-titillated doctor help his patients while resisting the urge to help himself?
- DirectorDonovan WinterStarsTracy ReedBernard HolleyScott FredericksJoan (Tracy Reed) is uncrowned queen of a generation of gorgeous women who take time off their regular day jobs to earn extra income as paid assassins.
- DirectorGeorge Harrison MarksStarsIrene HandlAlfie BassGeorge Harrison MarksA health-resort where both the clients and the employees easily take their clothes off and have a little fun is the setting of this sex-comedy.
- DirectorNorman CohenStarsRobin AskwithAnthony BoothBill MaynardTimothy Lea finds work in a holiday camp, and is soon up to his usual sexy shenanigans when he organizes a beauty pageant.
- DirectorStanley A. LongStarsChristopher NeilSuzy KendallHarry H. CorbettWhile a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
- DirectorChris BogerStarsKoo StarkMartin PotterLydia LisleJustine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution, predatory lesbians, a fugitive murderess, bondage, branding, and one supremely sadistic monk. It's a twisted tale of strange desires, perverse pleasures and the ultimate corruption of innocence as told by the Marquis de Sade.
- DirectorJames Kenelm ClarkeStarsFiona RichmondAnthony SteelDavid ColeHeavily fictionalised 'autobiography' of 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond.
- DirectorDerek FordStarsNicholas FieldFelicity DevonshireJohn Le MesurierWhen Dr. Robert "Sweeney" Todd arrives to fill his post at a new hospital, he is shocked to see the lengths that the nurses go to in caring for their patients. Of course Dr. Todd is no prude, and it isn't long before he's joining in on all the lusty, after-hours fun.
- DirectorNorman CohenStarsRobin AskwithNigel DavenportGeorge LaytonTwo soldiers stationed in Singapore set off in pursuit of the fairer sex instead of carrying out their orders. Soon after their arrival on the exotic island, the two visit a local brothel and there encounter a pair of lusty nurses.
- DirectorStanley A. LongStarsJonathan AdamsGraham AshleyNeville BarberHorny plumber, Sid, enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.
- DirectorWilly RoeStarsMary MillingtonGlynn EdwardsGavin CampbellTwo detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsKenneth WilliamsSuzanne DanielleKenneth ConnorThe beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband's ardour. In frustration she seduces a string of VIPs, including the Prime Minister and the American Ambassador. A jealous lover gives a list of all her conquests to the national press and a scandal ensues. But will she ever manage to get her own husband into bed?
- DirectorDerek FordStarsChristopher MitchellJulia GoodmanHarry H. CorbettA doctor fathers 837 brilliant sons through an artificial insemination program, and every woman wants a donation.
- DirectorQuentin MastersStarsJoan CollinsOliver TobiasSue LloydFontaine Khaled is the wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, the hobo, and partying.
- DirectorJustin CartwrightStarsDebbie AshCarolyne ArgyleBeryl ReidYoung Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands off her.
- DirectorJames Kenelm ClarkeStarsFiona RichmondRobin AskwithAnthony SteelA soldier returning from World War II gets mixed up in a series of murders and mistaken identies regarding a cigarette lighter than affects all electric power.
- DirectorGerry O'HaraStarsJoan CollinsAntonio CantaforaKenneth HaighThe owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsBarry StokesTony MaidenGlory AnnenThree specimens from a female race of aliens crash land in England and abduct four earthlings by accident. They decide to use the opportunity to start experimenting. On the males.
- DirectorWilly RoeStarsAlan LakeGlynn EdwardsAnthony BoothPlayboy David Galaxy is a suspect in a robbery case and needs an alibi, and the only credible witness to his innocence won't help. He also has to prove his mettle with "the only woman in the world who's never had an orgasm."
- DirectorWilly RoeStarsMary MillingtonRosemary EnglandJohn M. EastA seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks. The club's owners are blackmailed into paying out large wads of cash, but star attraction Mary Millington saves the day with her energetic stripping.
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsAnthony FranciosaCarroll BakerSherrie Lee CronnDavid Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to find get revenge by having an affair.
- DirectorMatthew ChapmanStarsHelen MirrenJohn SheaPaul AngelisBeaty (Dame Helen Mirren) is a prostitute working out of a high-class London cabaret where Emory (John Shea) is a technician. They begin an affair encumbered by her job, his lack of money, and their pasts: She has an abusive former lover, the father of her ten-year-old son and possibly her pimp, Alex (Paul Angelis), a strong-arm gorilla type fresh out of prison also arrives, needing a place to stay. Alex is clearly a brutish psychopath who threatens Beaty and Emory's future. Emory's wife died in questionable circumstances and he has a shady friend, Max (Murray Salem), who shows up with a scheme for making lots of money. Beaty and Emory want to sort things out, but the odds are against them. Life is no cabaret.
- DirectorAnwar KawadriStarsMartin BurrowsThick WilsonJanet LoveAfter the magazine he works for is taken over by a sex-obsessed American, a shy astrology columnist is ordered to spice up his column by writing about having sex with a woman from each star sign. Unsure of himself at first, he begins gaining confidence after a few successes, but he still has to rush to complete all 12 columns before his deadline.
- DirectorBrian Smedley-AstonStarsBrigitte LahaieDiana CochranPaul RaymondBrigitte Lahie stars as a stunning French reporter who Paul Raymond personally invites into Soho's sleaziest sex locales. This experience convinces the young woman that she wants to be a stripper too.
- DirectorDavid HughesRay SelfeStarsAngie QuickJulie LeeJohn M. EastEmanuelle lives in London where almost everything in the realm of erotic is available. Her friend Kate becomes a nude revue show to help her husband pay the bills.