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6.3/10 • 16

1964-04-121h 33m

Drama

A generation who... try not to fall not in love because it's

In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the leader of the group, Tinker, a strolling photographer, aims to conquer a fashion model from a well-to-do family, but he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love. The tables thus turned, Tinker begins to see that maybe it's not the tourists who are being used in these sexual games.

Directors
Michael Winner
Editors
Fred Burnley

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  1. Oliver Reed

    Oliver Reed

    Tinker

  2. Jane Merrow

    Jane Merrow

    Nicola

  3. Barbara Ferris

    Barbara Ferris

    Suzy

  4. Julia Foster

    Julia Foster

    Lorna

  5. Harry Andrews

    Harry Andrews

    Larsey

  6. Ann Lynn

    Ann Lynn

    Ella

  7. Guy Doleman

    Guy Doleman

    Philip

  8. Andrew Ray

    Andrew Ray

    Willy

  9. John Porter-Davison

    John Porter-Davison

    Grib

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CinemaSerf

Dec 2, 2024

6/10

Oliver Reed is "Tinker". He cuts quite a dashing sight as he and his gang seek a good time in the resorts of Devon. No woman is safe from their charms as they intend to seduce their way through the visiting female population. The eponymous "System" was cleverly devised enabling them to assess the suitability of their marks - allowing the maximum of "fun" and the minimum danger of any sort of commitment. For a while it works until, that is, Reed falls foul of his own methods and becomes smitten with Jane Merrow ("Nicola") the daughter of a wealthy visitor who is quite capable of protecting herself from his advances. What now ensues is their cat ad mouse game, both vying for upper hand and we get a modicum of enjoyment watching the tables turned on the charismatic, and photogenic Reed. The photography can be quite intimate, we feel included to a certain extent in their antics, and it's got quite a decent mod-beat soundtrack starting off with, an admittedly poor, title song from the Searchers - and that all serves to set the scene quite well for this depiction of the callowness of their youth. At times, it authentically delves into the seedier, occasionally violent, side of 19060s Britain, and there is quite an interesting scene where Merrow walks the length of the esplanade (fully clothed) being eyed up by dozens of men in their budgie-smugglers - it is as if they are actually on parade for her, though they'd never admit as much. It's shallow, but I think it's meant to be - and though it really struggles to retain any potency 50-odd years later, (by 2008, it had be re-rated as a 12) it is still quite an interesting observation of the almost tribal behaviour of both sexes when "let loose". The acting is nothing special, it has to be said - this is very much film to look at, and is worth that, still.

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
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