It seems the seventies Gerry Anderson sci-fi UFO show has remained a hit with its now more grown-up fan base, though the focus seems to have switched from shooting down alien spacecraft to the tight fitting silver costumes and purple wigs of the female moonbase crew - particularly Gabrielle Drake. Well, she led me to this film, one of a series of sex comedies popular at the time. She, Astrid Frank, Me Me Lai and Nancie Wait are the au pair girls in London, who are variously seduced, stripped, fucked over and idolized by a variety of sexist bastards, including Johnny Briggs, Richard O'Sullivan and Ferdy Mayne. The clothes are falling off all over the place, often in a very surrealistic manner. Some of the attitudes and behaviours of the men are frankly outrageous. But the girls seem on the whole to be able to look after themselves. It looked cold when they were filming so I hope the actresses were well looked after. John Le Mesurier's in it. By no means dreadful in execution, but thankfully, severely dated.
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