Adventures of a Taxi Driver

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Adventures of a Taxi Driver
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Stanley Long
Written by Suzanne Mercer
Stanley Long
Produced byStanley Long
Peter Long
Michael Armstrong
Starring Barry Evans
Judy Geeson
Adrienne Posta
CinematographyPeter Sinclair
Edited byJoe Gannon
Distributed bySalon Productions
Release date
  • 23 May 1976 (1976-05-23)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£30,000 [1] [2]

Adventures of a Taxi Driver is a 1976 British sex comedy film directed by Stanley Long and starring Barry Evans, Judy Geeson and Adrienne Posta. [3] There are two sequels, Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978).

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Cast

Production

Long worked on the script with Suzanne Mercer. Long financed the film entirely himself and shot it on 16mm. [2]

It was one of a number of British sex comedies featuring Diana Dors. [4] The theme song "Cruisin' Casanova" was performed by Adrienne Posta.

Reception

Box office

The movie was a huge box office success. [2] It was the 19th most successful film at the British box office in 1976. [5]

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "A crass, lobotomised production, with no discernible style, humour or purpose. Stanley Long draws irritatingly smug performances from Barry Evans, Judy Geeson and, particularly, Adrienne Posta; and his view of women and sex is more objectionable than that of the most passionless, clinical, primitively shot stag movie." [6]

The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Back in the 1970s, smutty comedies such as this were the order of the day for comedy actors trying to break into movies. Barry Evans, who came to prominence in the Doctor in the House TV series, plays a cabbie who moves away from his nagging family and enjoys a number of amorous encounters." [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Stanley A Long Side 5". British Entertainment History Project. 24 November 1999.
  3. "Adventures of a Taxi Driver". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (7 September 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.
  5. Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 220. ISBN   0-85112-670-7.
  6. "Adventures of a Taxi Driver". Monthly Film Bulletin . 43 (504): 143. 1976 via ProQuest.
  7. Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 15. ISBN   9780992936440.