On the Game (1974)
On the Game (1974)
English | DVDRip | XviD 1579 kbps | 544x304 | 25 fps | 1.32 GB
Audio: AC3, 640 kbps | 6ch | 48000 Hz | Runtime: 01:24:34 minutes
Genre: Comedy | Director: Stanley A. Long
Genre: Comedy | Director: Stanley A. Long
Director Stanley Long apparently shot this film in 1973 inside the space of two weeks with a budget of £20,000. Not even Gerald Thomas & Peter Rogers could crank out a "Carry On" film within that kind of budget and timescale.
Maybe one should use the term "mockumentary" to describe the film, because by and large, most of the information imparted within is pretty much correct. That would have been no easy task for screenwriter Suzanne Mercer in the 1970s without the aid of the internet and websites like Google and Wikipedia to assist her, so the fact that she was able to get any reliable research done at all on the subject is nothing short of amazing. For instance, when the narrator (Charles Gray) tells us that Roman prostitutes were made to dye their hair he is largely telling the truth (though I do believe purple was a forbidden colour for prostitutes - the colours were yellow and red), and it is also true that the Romans did indeed keep a register of prostitutes, and it is also true that once a woman was on the roll it was impossible to get off - you were a prostitute for life. As near as I can make out then, this film is largely true and therefore quite educational in tone.
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Cast:
Charles Gray … Narrator (voice)
Lloyd Lamble … Gladstone
Gloria Maley … Jenny (as Gloria Walker)
Olive McFarland … Mrs. Duberry
Paddy Ryan … Accomplice
Carmen Silvera … Mrs. Berkley
Karen Archer … Assistant
Simon Joseph … Customer
David Brierly … Prince of Wales (as David Brierley)
Francis Batsoni … Napoleon III
Mandy Murfitt … Cora Pearl
Fiona Victory … Giulia Barucci
Natalie Shaw … La Belle Otero
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On the Game (1974)
On the Game (1974)
On the Game (1974)
Cast:
Charles Gray … Narrator (voice)
Lloyd Lamble … Gladstone
Gloria Maley … Jenny (as Gloria Walker)
Olive McFarland … Mrs. Duberry
Paddy Ryan … Accomplice
Carmen Silvera … Mrs. Berkley
Karen Archer … Assistant
Simon Joseph … Customer
David Brierly … Prince of Wales (as David Brierley)
Francis Batsoni … Napoleon III
Mandy Murfitt … Cora Pearl
Fiona Victory … Giulia Barucci
Natalie Shaw … La Belle Otero
Welcome to My Blog