Not Now Darling (1973)

A mad cap British farce about mistresses and minks in the London fur salon of Bodley, Bodley, and Crouch. Gilbert Bodley plans to sell an expensive mink to a mobster dirt cheap for his wife... See full summary »

Directors:

Ray Cooney, David Croft

Writers:

Ray Cooney (based on the stageplay by), John T. Chapman (based on the stageplay by) (as John Chapman)

Stars:

Geraldine Gardner, Leslie Phillips, Julie Ege

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Geraldine Gardner	...	Miss Whittington (as Trudi Van Doorn)
Leslie Phillips	...	Gilbert Bodley
Julie Ege	...	Janie McMichael
Joan Sims	...	Miss Ambrosine Tipdale
Ray Cooney	...	Arnold Crouch
Bill Fraser	...	Commissionaire Frank
Jack Hulbert	...	Commander George Frencham
Cicely Courtneidge	...	Mrs. Harriet Frencham
Derren Nesbitt	...	Harry McMichael
Barbara Windsor	...	Sue Lawson
Moira Lister	...	Maude Bodley
Jackie Pallo	...	Mr. Lawson

Storyline

A mad cap British farce about mistresses and minks in the London fur salon of Bodley, Bodley, and Crouch. Gilbert Bodley plans to sell an expensive mink to a mobster dirt cheap for his wife, because the wife is Gilbert's mistress and he wants to "Close the deal." However, instead of doing his own dirty work, he gets his reluctant partner, Arnold Crouch, to do it for him. Things go awry when the mobster plans to buy it for his OWN mistress and soon the whole plan goes out the window along with women's clothing and a few other things. Mistaken identities, scantily clad women kept hidden in closets, mobsters, suspicious wives, and misguided shoppers keep this comedy trucking along in the spirit of the Marx Brothers' and Noises Off.

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Plot Keywords:

mistress | fur coat | secretary | closet | farce | 

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Taglines:

unrestrained comedy!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ei nyt, rakas...

Filming Locations:

EMI-MGM Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

LMG Film Productions Limited, Sedgemoor Productions Ltd., Not Now Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First performed at the Richmond Theatre in Surrey, in September 1967. Following a transfer to London's West End in June 1968, it ran for many years at the Strand Theatre.

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Quotes

Arnold Crouch: Thank heavens you've arrived, Mr. Bodley, I've been driven out of my mind.
Gilbert Bodley: That must have been a very quick trip.

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Connections

Version of Nee schat, nu niet (1980)

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Soundtracks

Not Now Darling
Music by Cyril Ornadel
Lyrics by Norman Newell
Sung by Vicki Brown

User Reviews

Bawdy sexual farce in the Best British Tradition.

When it comes to stripping beautiful young women down to their underwear for the most gratuitous of reasons, no one can outdo the English. The plot, such as it is, revolves around Leslie Phillips conniving attempts to get Janie McMichael into bed. His plans inevitably go astray, leading to half-naked girls hiding in the closet, jealous husbands raging through the office, and at three of the female cast least losing their clothes in this unmistakably British comedy of errors. Probably the best of Leslie Phillips' seventies bedroom farces, which included "Spanish Fly," "Don't Just lie there, Say Something," "Doctor in Trouble", and the infamous "Not Now Comrade".