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Director:
Alan Myerson
Writer:
Dan Greenburg (writer)
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Release Date:
26 August 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
When EMANUELLE's Sylvia Kristel is your teacher the bedroom is the classroom [DVD Australia] more
Plot:
An immigrant housemaid seduces a 15-year-old boy and later fakes her own death as part of his chauffeur's blackmail plot. Troubles arise when the two start to fall in love. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Unintentionally hilarious male teenage fantasy flick more (26 total)

Cast

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Sylvia Kristel ... Nicole Mallow

Howard Hesseman ... Lester Lewis
Eric Brown ... Phillip Fillmore
Meridith Baer ... Miss Phipps
Pamela Jean Bryant ... Joyce
Peter Elbling ... Waiter
Patrick Piccininni ... Sherman

Ed Begley Jr. ... Jack Travis
Ron Foster ... Mr. Fillmore
Dan Barrows ... Green, The Gardener
Marian Gibson ... Florence
Judy Helden ... Miss Kristel's Double
Dan Greenburg ... Hotel Owner
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Additional Details

Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:(Banned) (original rating) | Australia:R (cut) | Australia:R (2006 re-rating) (uncut) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Near the beginning, after Philip is watching Sylvia through binoculars he is looking through a fashion magazine with half-naked women. The model he is looking at in the pages is Gia Carangi, who was a famous model in the early 80's, and whom the movie “Gia” is based on. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Philly's school, "Fredrick Douglass High School," misspells the name of Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895). more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Twisted Sex Vol. 23 (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
I Don't Want To Talk About It more

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Unintentionally hilarious male teenage fantasy flick, 19 December 1998
Author: Matt from London, England

Eric Brown stars in this unintentionally hilarious male teenage fantasy flick. The delectable Sylvia Kristel appears as a French maid hired by Brown's rich parents to look after the house while they are away.

Howard Hessemann, the brilliant D.J. from W.K.R.P in Cincinatti plays the role of the family chauffeur who gets involved in a comical plot which not even a kindergarten inmate could dream up.

Watch out for the obligatory seduction scene. The fortunate Eric Brown more than made up for his modest acting ability by appearing in a number of movies where he was seduced by beautiful older women. "They're Playing with Fire" with Sybil Danning is an example.

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