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What's Good for the Goose

  • 19691969
  • RR
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
354
YOUR RATING
What's Good for the Goose (1969)
  • Comedy
A middle aged banker picks up two young free minded women on his way to a banker's convention and falls head over heels for one of them.A middle aged banker picks up two young free minded women on his way to a banker's convention and falls head over heels for one of them.A middle aged banker picks up two young free minded women on his way to a banker's convention and falls head over heels for one of them.
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
354
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Menahem Golan
  • Writers
    • Menahem Golan(story)
    • Norman Wisdom(script)
    • Christopher Gilmore(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Norman Wisdom
    • Sally Geeson
    • Sarah Atkinson
Top credits
  • Director
    • Menahem Golan
  • Writers
    • Menahem Golan(story)
    • Norman Wisdom(script)
    • Christopher Gilmore(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Norman Wisdom
    • Sally Geeson
    • Sarah Atkinson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 25User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    What's Good for the Goose (1969)
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    What's Good for the Goose (1969)
    Norman Wisdom in What's Good for the Goose (1969)
    Sally Geeson and Norman Wisdom in What's Good for the Goose (1969)
    Sally Geeson and Norman Wisdom in What's Good for the Goose (1969)
    Sally Geeson and Norman Wisdom in What's Good for the Goose (1969)
    Sally Geeson and Norman Wisdom in What's Good for the Goose (1969)
    Sally Bazely and Norman Wisdom in What's Good for the Goose (1969)

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    Norman Wisdom
    Norman Wisdom
    • Timothy Bartlettas Timothy Bartlett
    Sally Geeson
    • Nikkias Nikki
    Sarah Atkinson
    • Megas Meg
    Sally Bazely
    Sally Bazely
    • Margaretas Margaret
    Stuart Nichol
    • Bank Manageras Bank Manager
    Derek Francis
    Derek Francis
    • Harringtonas Harrington
    Terence Alexander
    Terence Alexander
    • Frisbyas Frisby
    Paul Whitsun-Jones
    • Clarkas Clark
    David Lodge
    David Lodge
    • Porteras Porter
    Karl Lanchbury
    Karl Lanchbury
    • Peteas Pete
    Hilary Pritchard
    • Cashier in Discothequeas Cashier in Discotheque
    H.H. Goldsmith
    • Policemanas Policeman
    Thelma Falls-Hand
    • Bank Clerkas Bank Clerk
    The Pretty Things
    • Pop Groupas Pop Group
    George Meaton
    • Third Speakeras Third Speaker
    Duncan Taylor
    • Other Bankeras Other Banker
    Jonathon Cox
    • First Sonas First Son
    Patrick Goggin
    • Second Sonas Second Son
    • Director
      • Menahem Golan
    • Writers
      • Menahem Golan(story) (screenplay)
      • Norman Wisdom(script)
      • Christopher Gilmore(dialogue)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the UK version of the film, Sally Geeson wears a bra in the hotel bedroom scene. In the German version, she is topless.
    • Goofs
      Boom mike visible just before the lift arrives.
    • Alternate versions
      To receive 'U' certificate in 1969 the UK theatrical release was cut by the BBFC and removed all topless shots of Nikki in the bath, plus additional cuts to Nikki and Bartlett's bedroom scene, shots of hippie youths kissing and necking, and Bartlett discovering Nikki and a male lover in bed together (an even shorter version was later prepared for a 'U' VHS certificate and received heavier cuts, but got a 'PG' rating). The 1986 Krypton video release (as "Girl Trouble") was a 15 minute shorter print (possibly the 'U' certificate version), and the 1999 video/2007 DVD releases both feature the original cut 1969 'U' certificate version (but with a modern 'PG' rating).
    • Connections
      Featured in Talkies: Talking Pictures with Sally Geeson (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      What's Good for the Goose (Theme Song)
      Sung by Norman Wisdom

      Music and Lyrics by Reg Tilsley and Alan Blaikley (as Howard Blaikley) & Ken Howard (as Howard Blaikley)

    User reviews25

    Review
    Top review
    Norman Wisdom meets the hippies
    Sod yer Jodorowsky's or David Lynch's – is this not the strangest movie ever made? Actually, the Jerry Lewis comedy Slapstick of Another Kind probably takes that honour – but this comes close.

    From purveyor of violent kitsch Menahem Golan, this sees mild-mannered banker Timothy Bartlett (Wisdom, in his final film) getting turned on by the flower power generation, including a scrumptious Sally Geeson, down at the 'Screaming Apple' Discotheque and having it off with them to a grooveadelic soundtrack by The Pretty Things.

    Unlike the reactionary Carry Ons there's not a euphemism in sight: here it's all, "Do you want to have sex?", though at the same time this utterly encapsulates the British reality of sex in a Rita and Sue kinda way: however day-glo the trousers, or far-out the argot, the end result still spells a good-old bunk-up with giggling and Y-fronts in a Southport hotel room.

    Fascinating in all sorts of ways; and ultimately, surprisingly smart and touching, too.
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    • Ali_John_Catterall
    • Nov 11, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Öfter mal was Junges - Der Schlappschwanz
    • Filming locations
      • Southport, Merseyside, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Tigon British Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes

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