School for Sex (1968)

Director:

Pete Walker

Writer:

Pete Walker (writer)

Release Date:

8 April 1969 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

British Sexploitation/Sex Comedy. Lord Wingate, aquitted after appearing in court for fraud, starts...

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Female Nudity | Sergeant | Independent Film

Cast

Derek Aylward	...	Giles Wingate
Rose Alba	...	Countess of Burwash
Bob Andrews	...	Sgt. Braithewaite
Vic Wise	...	Horace Clapp
Hugh Latimer	...	Berridge
Nosher Powell	...	Hector
Amber Dean Smith	...	Beth Villiers
Françoise Pascal	...	Sally Reagan
Cathy Howard	...	Sue Randall
Sylvia Barlow	...	Judy Arkwright
Sandra Gleeson	...	Jenny
Maria Frost	...	Polly
Cindy Neal	...	Marianne
Gilly Grant	...	Striptease Artist
Jacky Berdet	...	Ingeborg

Also Known As:

School for Love

Runtime:

UK:80 min | USA:68 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Certification:

UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Pete Walker Film Productions

Trivia:

Director Pete Walker has since stated that he thought it was a "terrible film".

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shaft (1971)

Amusing sixties sex comedy

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!