Not Tonight, Darling

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Not Tonight, Darling
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Directed by Anthony Sloman
Screenplay byJames Pillock
Story byChristopher Gregory
Produced byJohn M. Taylor
Starring Luan Peters
Vincent Ball
Cinematography Harry Waxman
Edited byEan Wood
Music by Dennis King
Production
company
Mintdene Film Productions
Release date
  • 1 December 1971 (1971-12-01)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Not Tonight, Darling (also known as Not Tonight, Darling! and Not Now, Darling) is a 1971 British drama film directed by Anthony Sloman and starring Luan Peters and Vincent Ball. [1] It is also not to be confused with the farce Not Now Darling (1973).

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Plot

Karen Williams is bored with her comfortable suburban life and her solicitor husband John who ignores her after six years of marriage. She falls for fast-talking businessman Alex, and becomes involved in a seedy world of blackmail and sex.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A miserable piece of British sexploitation, from which the sex itself has been all but censored away. The dross that remains – a ritual of mooning about from bathroom to bedroom to nightclub – tests endurance to the utmost. Luan Peters' performance as Karen just about rises above its essentially shabby context." [2]

Kine Weekly wrote: "A routine little tale without any particular distinction, this will get by with the uncritical. ... The film falls short of quality on several counts. The plot itself is novelettish and the characters are, at the best, only stout cardboard, that of the stuffy young husband, John, being incredibly stupid. Jason Twelvetrees plays this unplayable part bravely without blanching at some dreadful lines, but he and his colleagues are not helped by direction that leaves no point unsharpened. Luan Peters creates some sympathy as the wife who goes off the rails, and Vincent Ball gives the best conviction to the nasty habits of Alex." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Not Tonight, Darling". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Not Tonight, Darling". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 38 (444): 224. 1 January 1971 – via ProQuest.
  3. ↑ "Not Tonight, Darling". Kine Weekly . 651 (3337): 14. 25 September 1971 – via ProQuest.
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