The Swinger (1966)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

George Sidney

Writer:

Lawrence Roman (writer)

Release Date:

29 September 1967 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

She swings like nothing ever swung!

Plot:

An authoress (Ann-Margret) writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.

Plot Keywords:

Sexism | Father Daughter Relationship | Beautiful Woman | Sex Discrimination | Sex Magazine

Cast

Ann-Margret	...	Kelly Olsson
Anthony Franciosa	...	Ric Colby (as Tony Franciosa)
Robert Coote	...	Sir Hubert Charles
Yvonne Romain	...	Karen Charles
Horace McMahon	...	Detective Sergeant Hooker
Nydia Westman	...	Aunt Cora
Craig Hill	...	Sammy Jenkins
Milton Frome	...	Mr. Olsson
Mary LaRoche	...	Mrs. Olsson
Clete Roberts	...	Clete Roberts
Myrna Ross	...	Sally
Corinne Cole	...	Sir Hubert's Secretary
Bert Freed	...	Police Captain
Romo Vincent	...	Jack Happy
Steven Geray	...	Man with Fish
Larry D. Mann	...	John Mallory
Lance LeGault	...	Warren
Diki Lerner	...	Svengali
Barbara Nichols	...	Blossom LaTour
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Aiken	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Phil Arnold	...	Derelict (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett	...	Philbert's Wife (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake	...	Honest Hal - Used Car Dealer (uncredited)
Phyllis Davis	...	Model #10 (uncredited)
Veronica Ericson	...	Model #2 (uncredited)
Kellie Everts	...	Winter (uncredited)
Byron Foulger	...	Policeman at Station House (uncredited)
Peter Gowland	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Myron Healey	...	Reporter at Police Station (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt	...	Man in Jail Cell (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt	...	Herbert - Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
China Lee	...	Model #11 (uncredited)
Deanna Lund	...	Model (uncredited)
Diane Webber	...	Model #12 (uncredited)
Dick Whittinghill	...	Television Crewman (uncredited)
Christine Williams	...	Model #7 (uncredited)
Dick Winslow	...	Photographer at Police Station (uncredited)
Heidi Winston	...	Autumn (uncredited)

Directed by
George Sidney

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lawrence Roman		writer

Produced by
George Sidney	....	producer

Original Music by
Marty Paich

Cinematography by
Joseph F. Biroc

Film Editing by
Frank Santillo

Art Direction by
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler

Set Decoration by
Robert R. Benton
Arthur Krams

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Cherie	....	Ann-Margaret's hairdresser
Nellie Manley	....	hair styles supervisor
Frank McCoy	....	Ann-Margaret's makeup artist
Wally Westmore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
C. Kenneth Deland	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daniel McCauley	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound recordist
Garry A. Harris	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Paul K. Lerpae	....	special effects

Stunts
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Carey Loftin	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Music Department
Tommy Tedesco	....	musician: guitar

Other crew
David Winters	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1966) (USA) (theatrical)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Saks Fifth Avenue - 9600 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Ann-Margret rides a 500cc Triumph T100C Tiger motorcycle in the film. Later, she herself featured in Triumph Motorcycles's official advertisements in the USA.

Quotes:

Sir Hubert Charles: I know, I know! It's been said that Sir Hubert, here, has a dirty mind. Well, I just can't help it!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "TCM Underground: The Swinger (#1.59)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

I Wanna Be Loved

Fun, campy 60's period piece

"The Swinger" is quite a relic, the film that begs the question, "Is there any emulsified substance we haven't seen Ann-Margret slather her body with?" Dated, with lots of sexist humour and lots of egregiously tacky 60's fashions, it actually has the feel of a Rock Hudson/Doris Day comedy (but not as funny, at least not in the way the writers intended!) but with lots of leering double-entendres. The premise concerns writer A-M trying to sell her stories to a Playboy-type magazine, but editor Tony Franciosa believes her to be too sweet and innocent, so she goes out of her way to portray herself as a "swinger". Only in the sixties! What more can you say about a film that contains not one, but *two* photo montage sequences? The most memorable scene is of course the orgy, the wacky opening and closing credits are lots of silly fun as well.