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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.

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Mallow
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Lester
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Philly
Patrick Piccininni ...
Sherman
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Jack Travis
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Joyce (as Pamela Bryant)
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Miss Phipps
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Fillmore
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Waiter
Beans Morocco ...
Green (as Dan Barrows)
Dan Greenburg ...
Hotel Owner
Marian Gibson ...
Florence
Judy Helden ...
Miss Kristel's Double
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Linda M. Bass ...
Woman in movie theater audience (uncredited)
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Lover boy (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alan Myerson
James Fargo ... (uncredited)

Written by

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Dan Greenburg ... (based on the novel: "Philly" by)
 
Dan Greenburg ... (screenplay)

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Jack Barry ... executive producer
Steven Bassin ... co-executive producer
R. Ben Efraim ... producer
Dan Enright ... executive producer
Irving Oshman ... co-executive producer
Maurie M. Suess ... associate producer (as Maurie Suess)

Cinematography by

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Jan de Bont ... director of photography

Editing by

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Fred A. Chulack ... (as Fred Chulack)

Casting By

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Erica Enright

Art Direction by

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Linda Pearl

Makeup Department

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Yvonne Curry ... makeup
Gigi Williams ... makeup

Production Management

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Maurie M. Suess ... unit production manager (as Maurie Suess)
Tony Wade ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Beau Marks ... first assistant director
Stephen Sassen ... second assistant director (as Steve Sassen)
Russell Vreeland ... first assistant director
Tony Wade ... second unit director

Art Department

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Kathleen Hughes ... property master
Kevin Hughes ... assistant property master (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Andy Babbish ... sound
Gordon L. Day ... re-recording mixer
Michael Hilkene ... sound editing: Echo Film Services, Inc
Mel Metcalfe ... re-recording mixer
Russ Tinsley ... sound editing: Echo Film Services, Inc
Stan Wetzel ... re-recording mixer

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Frank Byers ... gaffer
Kenneth J. Jones ... key grip (as Ken Jones)
Michael Paris ... still photographer
Mark Wade ... second unit director of photography
Arledge Armenaki ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Lynn Kressel ... casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Linda M. Bass ... wardrobe (as Linda Bass)

Music Department

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Robert Fawcett ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Coby Turner ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Dick Brooks ... publicist
Margaret Goldsmith ... production assistant
Judy Helden ... double: Miss Kristel
Robert Jellen ... insurance provider: Albert G. Rubin & Co., Inc (as Bob Jellen)
James Fargo ... director: additional scenes (uncredited)
Alicia Rivera Frankl ... production executive (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund. Written by Anonymous

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Taglines When EMMANUELLE's Sylvia Kristel is your teacher the bedroom is the classroom [DVD Australia] See more »
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Also Known As
  • Philly (United States)
  • Leçons très particulières (France)
  • Privatunterricht (Germany)
  • La primera lección (Spain)
  • 偷窥课程 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 87 min
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Budget $2,800,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Eric Brown replaced another actor who was originally cast as Phillip "Philly" Fillmore but was fired after eighteen days of shooting. See more »
Goofs It is obvious that a body double for Sylvia Kristel is used during the nude scenes - Kristel's nipples are not as protuberant as those of her double, Judy Helden. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Twisted Sex Vol. 23 (2007). See more »
Soundtracks Hot Legs See more »
Quotes Sherman: Who the hell takes baths with other people, except for the Japanese, I mean. Have you heard of any?
Philly: No. Nobody except the Japanese.
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