Games That Lovers Play - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Released
Stars
Joanna Lumley, Richard Wattis, Penny Brahms, Jeremy Lloyd, Diane Hart, Nan Munro, John Gatrell, Charles Cullum and more
Writer
Director
Producers
Judith Smith and Olive Negus-Fancey
Company
It's the roaring twenties and, having spotted a rival scouting for girls on her patch, Belgravia brothel madame Mrs. Hill challenges the esteemed Lady Evelyn Chatterley to a wager.
Having argued over who runs the classier, more successful establishment, the pair bet £1,000 that their respective star girl can seduce an "impossible" subject: Lady Evelyn's star - her niece, Constance - must be photographed with a Catholic bishop; whilst the best of Mrs. Hill's girls - her daughter, Fanny - is tasked with being pictured alongside a raging homosexual transvestite.
However, when both girls manage to bed their prey at the same time, further evidence to settle the wager is called for. The two scheming madames select a name at random from the telephone directory, and whoever beds him - or her - first will win outright.
The lucky stranger? Mild-mannered, middle-aged, upmarket wine merchant, Mr. Lothran. The girls may have to raise their game...
Additional details
UK certificate
X
Duration
94 minutes
UK release
December 1970
UK premiere
Monday 25th January 1971
Also known as
- Lady Chatterley Versus Fanny Hill (US title)
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Incidental music composed and conducted by David Lindup.
Website links
Broadcast details
Most recent repeats
- Thursday 26th October 2023 at 2:45am on TPTV
- Friday 12th March 2021 at 2:00am on TPTV
- Sunday 20th September 2020 at 1:05am on TPTV
Recording details
- Pinewood Studios
- Hall Barn (Beaconsfield)