Sex and the Other Woman

Last updated

Sex and the Other Woman
Sex and the Other Woman film poster (1972).png
Theatrical release quad poster
Directed by Stanley A. Long
Written byAdrien Reid
Produced byBarry Jacobs
Stanley A. Long
Starring Richard Wattis
CinematographyMichael Boultbee
Edited byN.C.S.
Music byPat Ryan
Jacky Tayler
Production
company
Salon Productions
Distributed bySalon Productions
Release date
  • 30 December 1972 (1972-12-30)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Sex and the Other Woman (also known as The Other Woman) is a 1972 British sex comedy film directed by Stanley A. Long, presented by Richard Wattis. [1] It comprises a quartet of stories on the subject of adultery.

Contents

Plot

Following a short opening sequence in which a henpecked husband finds relief from his wife's nagging by employing the use of a sex doll, the film's presenter tells a quartet of stories concerning adultery and infidelity. The first concerns Lisa, a flirty miniskirted office secretary, who seduces married fellow office worker Chris The second story involves Liz, a gold-digging model, who becomes involved with a married and rich tennis player, including seducing him in his private jet, and then leaves him when his divorce from his wife Flora leaves him penniless. In the third story Guy, a middle-aged man, is seduced by his daughter Louise's eighteen-year-old schoolfriend Sarah when he offers to paint her portrait. The fourth story involves cheating husband Ted whose affair with his wife's best friend results in him sharing a house with both his wife and his mistress.

Cast

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Four tales of adultery, thematically linked by the energy and sexual initiative attributed to Other Women of all ages and sizes. Any hopes aroused by Richard Wattis' sardonic presentation that Sex and the Other Woman may prove less formulary than rival 'sex surveys' are dashed as soon as the first episode creaks its cumbersomely plotted way to some predictably inexplicit scenes of love-making. The film makes the usual comic capital out of sexual guilt – hasty copulation on the office couch, speeded-up motion as the characters hurriedly don their clothes after infidelity – while elsewhere script, direction and acting prove equally unconvincing." [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lust</span> Human emotion

Lust is a psychological force producing intense desire for something. Lust can take any form such as the lust for sexuality, money, or power. It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food as distinct from the need for food or lust for redolence, when one is lusting for a particular smell that brings back memories. It is similar to but distinguished from passion, in that passion propels individuals to achieve benevolent goals whilst lust does not.

Adultery is extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds. Although the sexual activities that constitute adultery vary, as well as the social, religious, and legal consequences, the concept exists in many cultures and shares some similarities in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Adultery is viewed by many jurisdictions as offensive to public morals, undermining the marriage relationship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Infidelity</span> Cheating, adultery, or having an affair

Infidelity is a violation of a couple's emotional and/or sexual exclusivity that commonly results in feelings of anger, sexual jealousy, and rivalry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Wattis</span> English actor (1912–1975)

Richard Cameron Wattis was an English actor, co-starring in many popular British comedies of the 1950s and 1960s.

Extramarital sex occurs when a married person engages in sexual activity with someone other than their spouse. The term may be applied to the situation of a single person having sex with a married person.

Sex comedy, erotic comedy or more broadly sexual comedy is a genre in which comedy is motivated by sexual situations and love affairs. Although "sex comedy" is primarily a description of dramatic forms such as theatre and film, literary works such as those of Ovid and Geoffrey Chaucer may be considered sex comedies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Potiphar's wife</span> Figure from Jewish and Muslim tradition

Potiphar's wife is a figure in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. She was the wife of Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard in the time of Jacob and his twelve sons. According to the Book of Genesis, she falsely accused Joseph of attempted rape after he rejected her sexual advances, resulting in his imprisonment.

<i>The Devils Eye</i> 1960 film by Ingmar Bergman

The Devil's Eye is a 1960 Swedish fantasy comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.

<i>Glass Houses</i> (1972 film) 1972 film by Alexander Singer

Glass Houses is a 1972 American drama-romance film released by Columbia Pictures in 1972, but it was filmed in 1970. It is of interest in film history because of the credentials of its key personnel.

<i>Games That Lovers Play</i> (film) 1971 British film by Malcolm Leigh

Games That Lovers Play is a 1971 British softcore comedy film written and directed by Malcolm Leigh and starring Joanna Lumley, Penny Brahms and Richard Wattis.

<i>Your Money or Your Wife</i> 1960 British film by Anthony Simmons

Your Money or Your Wife is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Anthony Simmons and starring Donald Sinden, Peggy Cummins, and Richard Wattis. It was based on the play Count Your Blessings by Ronald Jeans. A couple must divorce in order to inherit a fortune.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pre-Code sex films</span> Film genre popular before The Hays Code

Pre-Code sex films refers to movies made in the Pre-Code Hollywood era, roughly encompassed between either the introduction of sound in the late 1920s or February 1930 and December 1934. This period was marked by an increase of sensationalistic content in pictures made by the major studios in a climate marked by the Great Depression and major debates on morality, often containing sexual references and images that were contrary to the yet to be enforced Hays Code. Pre-Code sex films explored women's issues and challenged the concept of marriage, and aggressive sexuality was the norm. The sexual subject matter of the uncensored period was found within many movie genres, most especially in dramas, crime films, exotic-adventure films, comedies and musicals.

A cuckquean is the wife of an adulterous husband, and the gender-opposite of a cuckold. In evolutionary biology, the term is also applied to females who are investing parental effort in offspring that are not genetically their own. Similar prying within a family is called wittoldry. The term is derived from Early Modern English dating back to AD 1562 and is composed of the terms cuck "someone whose partner is unfaithful" and quean "disreputable woman".

<i>Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile</i> 2019 film by Joe Berlinger

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is a 2019 American biographical true crime drama film about the life of serial killer Ted Bundy. Directed by Joe Berlinger with a screenplay from Michael Werwie, the film is based on Bundy's former girlfriend Elizabeth Kendall's memoir, The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy. The film stars Zac Efron as Bundy, Lily Collins as Kendall, Kaya Scodelario as Bundy's wife Carole Ann Boone, and John Malkovich as Edward Cowart, the presiding judge at Bundy's trial. The title of the film is a reference to Cowart's remarks on Bundy's murders while sentencing him to death.

<i>Can You Keep It Up for a Week?</i> 1974 British film directed by Jim Atkinson

Can You Keep It Up For A Week? is a 1974 British sex comedy film directed by Jim Atkinson and starring Jeremy Bulloch, Sue Longhurst, Neil Hallett, Richard O'Sullivan and Valerie Leon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adultery in Francoist Spain and the democratic transition</span>

Adultery in Francoist Spain and the democratic transition was a criminal offense which was defined as sexual intercourse between a married woman and a man other than her husband, and could lead to prison terms of between six months and six years. By contrast, the related crime for male infidelity was not treated the same: it was called amancebamiento and was defined as a married man keeping a mistress in the conjugal home, or keeping a mistress in a notorious manner outside the conjugal home. Adultery (adulterio) was often prosecuted, but not amancebamiento, with male infidelity being "a state of mind in Spain".

Eros, o Deus do Amor is a 1981 Brazilian erotic drama film written and directed by Walter Hugo Khouri. The film focuses on Marcelo, a wealthy, philandering businessman who recounts several women that formed his sexuality as he longs to find purpose in life.

<i>Her Name Was Lisa</i> 1979 American film

Her Name Was Lisa is a 1979 American pornographic film directed by Roger Watkins under the pseudonym Richard Mahler.

References

  1. "Sex and the Other Woman". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. "Sex and the Other Woman". Monthly Film Bulletin . 40 (468): 35. 1973 via ProQuest.