Confessions of a Driving Instructor

Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Theatrical release poster by Vic Fair
Directed by	Norman Cohen
Written by	Christopher Wood
Produced by	Greg Smith Michael Klinger (executive producer)
Starring	Robin Askwith Anthony 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	12 September 1976 (1976-09-12)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Confessions of a Driving Instructor is a 1976 British sex-farce film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Robin Askwith and Anthony Booth. ^[1]

It was the third instalment of the Confessions series, based on the novels by Christopher Wood (as Timothy Lea).

Plot

Timothy Lea 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 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.

Cast

• Robin Askwith as Timothy Lea
• Anthony Booth as Sidney Noggett
• Bill Maynard as Walter Lea
• Doris Hare as Mrs Lea
• Sheila White as Rosie Noggett
• Windsor Davies as Mr Truscott
• Liz Fraser as Mrs Chalmers
• Irene Handl as Miss Slenderparts
• George Layton as Tony Bender
• Lynda Bellingham as Mary Truscott
• Avril Angers as Mrs. Truscott
• John Junkin as Luigi
• Donald Hewlett as chief examiner
• Sally Faulkner as Mrs. Dent
• Maxine Casson as Avril Chalmers
• Chrissy Iddon as Lady Snodley
• Ballard Berkeley as Lord Snodley
• Suzy Mandel as Mrs Hargreaves
• Damaris Hayman as tweedy golfing lady
• Geoffrey Hughes as Postman
• Daniel Chamberlain as Jason Noggett
• Lewis Collins as rugby player

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A fifth-rate potboiler of proven commercial value. Considering all the whiskery gags and double entendres wheeled out in this episode of the Cohen-Wood Confessions, it is surprising that Miss Slenderparts' reckless driving is the single example of a woman-driver joke (which is incidentally amusing only because the stuntperson substituting for Irene Handl is so plainly a burly man). More dispiriting than the ingenuous hero's three or four mannerisms (an apprehensive glance, a tug at the underpants, an empty grin) is the misguided enthusiasm displayed by both old and new hands." ^[2]

References

1. "Confessions of a Driving Instructor". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
2. "Confessions of a Driving Instructor". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 43 (504): 189. 1 January 1976 – via ProQuest.

External links

• Confessions of a Driving Instructor at IMDb