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Peter Draper (writer)
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Tagline:
A generation who... try not to fall not in love because it's "square"... who fall in love because they're young... more
Plot:
In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests... more | add synopsis
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Early Reed, early Winner, British classic more (11 total)

Cast

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Oliver Reed ... Tinker

Jane Merrow ... Nicola
Barbara Ferris ... Suzy
Julia Foster ... Lorna
Harry Andrews ... Larsey
Ann Lynn ... Ella
Guy Doleman ... Philip
Andrew Ray ... Willy
John Porter-Davison ... Grib
Clive Colin Bowler ... Sneakers
Iain Gregory ... Sammy
David Hemmings ... David
John Alderton ... Nidge
Jeremy Burnham ... Ivor
Mark Burns ... Michael
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Also Known As:
The Girl-Getters (USA)
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Runtime:
93 min
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Julia Foster replaced Julie Christie who was unavailable. more
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Heart Full of Tears more

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Early Reed, early Winner, British classic, 1 October 2002
Author: Mark Pizzey from Reading, England

Whenever you question the quality of both Michael Winner and the late Oliver Reed's films in recent years don't judge them until you go back to the sixties where they both started out.

Here is a very low budget and rarely seen little movie that shows both the potential of both star and director.

Made two years before Michael Caine's ALFIE, THE SYSTEM takes a look at similar themes, having a good time while you're young and pulling birds. It is of course seen through the eyes of the male perspective as Ollie and pals Andrew Ray, John Alderton and David Hemmings go on a sexual rampage in a seaside town of Britain.

Winner helped launch the career of Oliver Reed and they worked together again several times throughout the sixties but this early piece of nostalgic British cinema is worth a look especially if you were a teenager in the early sixties.

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