All Neat in Black Stockings * (1969, Victor Henry, Susan George, Jack Shepherd) – Classic Movie Review 9310

Victor Henry and Susan George star in director Christopher Morahan’s 1968 All Neat in Black Stockings, a low sex comedy romp with serious undertones about the confessions of a randy window cleaner (Henry), who caretakes at the home of someone ill and brings in all his buddies.

He marries a girl his buddy (Jack Shepherd) has made pregnant on a drunken spree, then gets bored with his life and looks to sex with other women as a cure-all.

The writers and director try to give it a touch of class, with a British realist flavour from the early 60s, oddly out of synch and sympathy with its Swinging London period. The acting is very moderate (apart from the stalwart Shepherd, Anna Cropper, Clare Kelly and Harry Towb) and the film has not dated well.

The screenplay by Jane Gaskell and Hugh Whitemore is based on the novel by Jane Gaskell.

Also in the cast are Vanessa Forsyth, Terence de Marney, Nita Lorraine, Marc Bergman, Deirdre Costello, Larry Dann, Rosalind Elliot, Jasmina Hilton, Grahame James, Eric Longsworth, Michael McKevitt, Carmen Munroe, Christine Pryor, Geoffrey Rees, Malcolm Tierney, Maurice Travers, Tanya Trude, Gwendolyn Watts, Anna Welsh, Neil Wilson and John Woodnutt.

All Neat in Black Stockings is directed by Christopher Morahan, runs 106 minutes, is made by Miron Films, is released by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1968) (UK) and National General Pictures (1969) (US), is written by Jane Gaskell and Hugh Whitemore, is shot by Larry Pizer (Eastmancolor), is produced by Leon Clore and John Arnold, and scored by Robert Cornford.

Victor Henry was walking along the street when a car hit a lamp post which fell on his head. He was in a coma for over a year and died on 20 November 1985 in London without regaining consciousness, aged 42.

Victor Henry and Susan George are also both in The Sorcerers.

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