Summary
Confessions of a Driving Instructor is a 1976 British sex-farce film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Robin Askwith and Anthony Booth.[1]
| Confessions of a Driving Instructor | |
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 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 |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was the third instalment of the Confessions series, based on the novels by Christopher Wood (as Timothy Lea).
Plot edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "Confessions of a Driving Instructor". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Confessions of a Driving Instructor". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 43 (504): 189. 1 January 1976 – via ProQuest.
External links edit
- Confessions of a Driving Instructor at IMDb
- Confessions of a Driving Instructor then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
