Confessions of a Driving Instructor

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Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Confessions of a Driving Instructor FilmPoster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster by Vic Fair
Directed by Norman Cohen
Written byChristopher Wood
Produced by Greg Smith
Michael Klinger (executive producer)
Starring Robin Askwith
Antony Booth
Doris Hare
Bill Maynard
Sheila White
Windsor Davies
Liz Fraser
Irene Handl
George Layton
Lynda Bellingham
Cinematography Ken Hodges
Edited by Geoffrey Foot
Music by Ed Welch
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Confessions of a Driving Instructor is a 1976 British sex-farce film. This was the third instalment of the Confessions sequence on the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea, based on the novels published under the name by Christopher Wood. [1]

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Plot

Timothy joins his brother-in-law's driving school. Their school is soon in rivalry with a competing school, while Timothy finds himself involved in erotic adventures with his clients, secretary and landlady. His clients are a mix of the inept and the dangerous and, as usual, mayhem ensues. A rugby match is organised between the two schools, at which one of the rival school's instructors unknowingly swallows a powerful aphrodisiac and rampages around the field, an event that leads to the climactic car chase.

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References

  1. Hal Erickson (2008). "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 1 January 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2012.