A Promise of Bed

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A Promise of Bed
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Directed by Derek Ford
Screenplay byDonald Ford
Derek Ford
Produced by Stanley Long
Starring Victor Spinetti
Dennis Waterman
John Bird
Vanessa Howard
Music by Christos Demetriou
John Kongos
Production
company
Dorak Films
Distributed byMiracle
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
1h 18m
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£8,500 [1]

This, That and the Other, originally released as A Promise of Bed, is a 1969 British sex comedy directed by Derek Ford and starring Vanda Hudson, Victor Spinetti and John Bird. [2] It was written by Donald Ford and Derek Ford and comprises a trilogy of separate stories.

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Plot

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A trilogy of slight, titillating sketches, short on comedy but rather better performed than these things usually are. The first story is largely a pretext for Vanda Hudson to appear in diaphanous flimsies, or less; the second, which has black comedy overtones, opens promisingly enough but deteriorates into a dull, drawn-out party scene; and the fantasy finale, with the cabbie continually asking 'What about my fare?' and being regaled by sundry ladies, including bare-breasted swimmers and a stripper covered in black hands which she removes one by one, hardly manages to raise a smile. The one barely memorable moment is provided by Miss Hudson being pursued round an apartment to the strains of the Light Cavalry Overture." [3]

References

  1. Sheridan, Simon (2011). Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. Titan Books. ISBN   978-0857682796.
  2. "A Promise of Bed". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. "The Shiralee". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 37 (432): 35. 1 January 1970. ProQuest   1305826677.