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Bookmark this pageThe Knack… and how to get it (1965)
Director: Richard Lester
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From Time Out Film Guide
Patchily funny but generally dated and embarrassing Swinging Sixties tale of Crawford's meek and mild schoolteacher learning 'the knack' of picking up women from lecherous lodger Brooks, and trying out his technique on new-girl-in-town Tushingham. A misogynistic basis for comedy, not redeemed by the moralistic and predictable ending, and all shot in Lester's characteristically 'zany' style, with people running around all over the place for no apparent reason. Some of the tricks work; most don't; and Crawford, as always, is a pain.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Lester
Producer: Oscar Lewenstein
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Donal Donnelly, John Bluthal, Wensley Pithey, Dandy Nichols, Charles Wood, Charlotte Rampling full cast
Duration: 84 mins
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