Au Pair Girls (1972)

Four sexy young foreign girls come to England as au pairs and quickly become quite intimate with their employers, host families, and just about everyone else they encounter.

Director:

Val Guest

Writers:

Val Guest (screenplay), David Adnopoz (screenplay)

Stars:

Astrid Frank, Johnny Briggs, Gabrielle Drake

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Astrid Frank	...	Anita Sector
Johnny Briggs	...	Malcolm
Gabrielle Drake	...	Randi Lindstrom
Me Me Lai	...	Nan Lee (as Me Me Lay)
Nancie Wait	...	Christa Geisler
Joyce Heron	...	Mrs. Stevenson
Daphne Anderson	...	Mrs. Howard
Geoffrey Bayldon	...	Mr. Howard
Roger Avon	...	Rathbone
Rosalie Crutchley	...	Lady Tryke
Harold Bennett	...	Lord Tryke
Julian Barnes	...	Rupert
John Le Mesurier	...	Mr. Wainwright
Richard O'Sullivan	...	Stephen
Derek Gray	...	Farmer

Storyline

Four young women from Europe and Asia, recently arrived in England, begin their new jobs as Au Pairs. They quickly find that the English are not as stuffy and staid as they appear, and the young ladies are soon spending more time in bed than on the job.

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Plot Keywords:

raped virgin | losing virginity to rape | breast sucking | sex in a car | womanizer | 

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Taglines:

They Go Anywhere ... They Do Anything ... They Love Everybody!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Young Playmates

Filming Locations:

Kings Road, Chelsea, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tigon Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filming took place in January 1972 in the grounds of George Harrison's home.

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Goofs

Shadow of boom mic visible in opening scenes at employment agency - although the sequence is accompanied by music, and has no dialogue.

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Quotes

Randi Lindstrom: Oh, please, I am not "Miss Lindstrom". My friends, they call me, "Randi".
Stephen: As a matter of fact so do mine.

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Connections

Referenced in Me Me Lai Bites Back (2018)

User Reviews

Fun, sexy oddity of a spoof

I watched this movie the same day I first saw The Day the Earth Caught Fire, quite unaware that both movies had the same director. Had I not been alerted to this fact, I would never have guessed. It is a spoof of soft core British porn films to an extent, but also injects interesting dramatic material. The story is of four gorgeous girls who come to England as au pairs (doubtless using the Gorgeous Woman Only au pair service). Each of them only keeps their job for one day, for various reasons. Danish Randi is stranded with the rich kid son of her employer when his car breaks down, her clothes are soaked and they end up spending the night in a parking lot. Swedish Anita (a fun, delightful character who seems so liberated that she doesn't realize there's any alternative) shocks her employer by marching about the house nude and ends up being picked up at a casino by an amorous sheik (in the sheik's abode, a man sounds a gong every time he walks through the door). German Christa, a near-prudish virgin, is indoctrinated into London's swinging underground by her employer's daughter who wants to offer her as a sacrificial virgin to a rock star. Chinese Nan is taken to a manor house and begins a sad little affair with a sheltered pianist man-child, who seems to have the emotional maturity of a child half his age.

The odd thing is that the first two plots are funny and ridiculous, but the second two are tragic, as Christa realizes she has squandered her virginity on the ungrateful rock god and Nan scarcely seems happy to be regarded as a new plaything by her new bedmate. Both stories have tears. What's going on here? This stands in clear opposition to the brassy, fun nature of the other plots (and the atrocious upbeat theme song - you've got to hear it to believe it), and the ending that ties together all four girls in a riotously offhand and silly manner, as they all trot off to be the sheik's handmaidens, no questions asked. Also odd is that there's not all that much sex (though there is plenty of nudity). Anita does not actually have sex at all (and she doesn't seem to mind much, either!), and though the others do, it's hardly explicit at all.

All the girls are likeable, which is more than can be said for the men. Nan's swain, who refers to her as "it" early on, like she's one of his model ships, is a particular repellent creation, although strangely one of the most repellent, who slips his hand into Christina's pants, actually proves quite respectful of her. For a porn film, this is a rather well acted one. Guest handles the actors well, and provides some nice little touches (as when Anita applies a puff of perfume between her legs). The Au Pair Girls is a particular oddity, but not an unrewarding one.