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Adventures of a Taxi Driver

  • 19761976
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
764
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Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
ComedyCrime
Joe North is a cab driver in London, something that gives him many opportunities to have sex.Joe North is a cab driver in London, something that gives him many opportunities to have sex.Joe North is a cab driver in London, something that gives him many opportunities to have sex.
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
764
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    • Stanley A. Long
    • Suzanne Mercer(screenplay)
    • Stanley A. Long(idea)
  • Stars
    • Barry Evans
    • Judy Geeson
    • Adrienne Posta
    • Stanley A. Long
    • Suzanne Mercer(screenplay)
    • Stanley A. Long(idea)
  • Stars
    • Barry Evans
    • Judy Geeson
    • Adrienne Posta
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    • 19User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Judy Geeson, Stephen Lewis, and Barry Evans in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
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    Anna Bergman in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
    Gloria Maley in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
    Jane Hayden in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
    Barry Evans and Gloria Maley in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
    Barry Evans in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
    Barry Evans in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
    Barry Evans in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
    Prudence Drage and Barry Evans in Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
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    Barry Evans
    Barry Evans
    • Joe
    Judy Geeson
    Judy Geeson
    • Nikki
    Adrienne Posta
    Adrienne Posta
    • Carol
    Diana Dors
    Diana Dors
    • Mrs North
    Liz Fraser
    Liz Fraser
    • Maisie
    Jane Hayden
    • Linda
    Ian Lavender
    Ian Lavender
    • Ronald
    Stephen Lewis
    Stephen Lewis
    • Doorman
    Robert Lindsay
    Robert Lindsay
    • Tom
    Henry McGee
    • Inspector Rogers
    Angela Scoular
    Angela Scoular
    • Marion
    Brian Wilde
    Brian Wilde
    • Harold
    Marc Harrison
    • Peter
    Graham Ashley
    • Gerry
    Dave Carter
    Dave Carter
    • Bill
    Gloria Maley
    • Dora
    • (as Gloria Walker)
    Anna Bergman
    Anna Bergman
    • Helga
    Prudence Drage
    Prudence Drage
    • Mrs Devere Barker
      • Stanley A. Long
      • Suzanne Mercer(screenplay)
      • Stanley A. Long(idea)
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    • Trivia
      When Barry Evans' acting career dwindled in later life, he became a local taxi driver in Leicester, to earn a living.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Best of the Adventures (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Title Song (My Cruisin' Casanova)
      Written by Graham Preskett

      Sung by Adrienne Posta

      Produced by Gordon Chambers (as Gordon T. Chambers)

    User reviews19

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    4/10
    Boring, lacklustre "Confessions" rip-off
    There's a reason why when you think of British sex comedies of the '70s, you think of Robin Askwith and a whole bunch of movies with "Confessions of" in the title:

    Askwith was the only decent lead any of these movies had. He was charismatic and somewhat believable as a hapless boy-next-door type who couldn't believe his luck. This world of easy sex wasn't yours, but nor was it his. You rooted for him.

    Hard as it may be to believe, Barry Evans in the "Adventures of..." series is probably the second best lead, which should give you an idea of the gulf between Askwith and all the others. Evans just isn't a lead. He seems untrustworthy and sleazy. When he goes into a nudie booth early in the movie, you can't help thinking that he looks like someone employed by the establishment to entice wandering gentlemen. It *is* his world.

    Aside from its lacklustre hero, the movie is pretty much what you'd expect from this sort of thing: Evans plays a taxi driver who meets a bunch of strange women, generally ends up getting naked with them, and is then surprised before, during or after the act of coitus when the husband comes home, or Evans' fiancée, or whoever else. It's basically the set-up for a zillion cheap pornos: guy meets woman, they engage in mundane chit-chat, they have sex. But it's not a porno, so the sex is interrupted somehow. Rinse, repeat.

    The only thing to set it apart from the "Confessions" series is how boring it is. They were no great shakes themselves, but they were at least entertaining. They also had some kind of a narrative. This is an episodic movie simply by virtue of having no story.

    It also pulls the oldest trick in the book: the old "hero falls for a woman who is really a man" trick. Am I in the minority in never, ever finding the sight of a man dressed in women's clothes to be funny?

    Oh, and I may as well say something about the casting, aside from Evans. Diana Dors, Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe, appears as Evans' mother, making you wonder why they didn't cast her as one of the women he has it off with instead. She's not that much older than him, and is much more fetching than most of the other ladies. Why reduce a famous sex symbol to a frumpy housewife before her time?

    The only other actress who makes a positive impression is the whimsical Jane Hayden, sister of the more famous b-movie sexpot Linda Hayden. Evans saves Hayden from jumping off a bridge, the weather looking so grey and overcast and depressing that you wonder why she didn't do it sooner.
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    • Release date
      • May 23, 1976 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Lambeth Bridge, Westminster, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Salon Productions
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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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