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Confessions of a Window Cleaner

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Robin Askwith

Anthony Booth

Linda Hayden

Bill Maynard

Dandy Nichols

Sheila White

John Le Mesurier

Richard Wattis

Joan Hickson

Melissa Stribling

Sam Kydd

Lionel Murton

Katya Wyeth

Sue Longhurst

Olivia Munday

Anita Graham

Judy Matheson

Christine Donna

Brian Hall

Elaine Baillie

Christopher Owen

Peter Dennis

Marianne Stone

Andee Cromarty

David Rose

Totti Truman Taylor

Frank Sieman

Anika Pavel

Hugo de Vernier

Bruce Wightman

Carole Augustine

Peter Fontaine

Jeannie Collings

Claire Russell

Jo Peters

Porjai Nicholas

Derek Lord

Robert Longden

Jennifer Westbrook

Lewis Alexander

Glenda Allen

Ava Cadell

Rodney Cardiff

Tony Castleton

Reg Cranfield

Harry Fielder

Fred Haggerty

Zoe Hendry

Petula Noble

Byron Sotiris

Guy Standeven

Rosetta Tropea

Val Guest

Ron Cranson

John Jay

Masada Wilmot

Pat McDermott

Robert Jones

Tony Sforzini

Frank Bevis

Bill Lenny

Pat Noonan

Christopher Wood

Bert Batt

Laurie Clarkson

Michael Klinger

Weston Drury Jr.

Tony Lenny

Sam Sklair

Joy Bayley

Brian Elvin

Norman Warwick

Greg Smith

Tony Reading

Jack Piler

Louis Curzon

Norman Cohen

Sofia Florina

As a **comedy film**, more precisely a **sex comedy**, of course this film contains humor and also some softcore sex scenes but it's very boring in my opinion. The plot of the film is plain and not tasteful. If you only look at the relationship between **Timothy Lea** (Robin Askwith), a very clumsy and lustful window cleaner, and **Elizabeth Radlett** (Linda Hayden), a mature and attractive police officer, this film is better as a romantic comedy.

It's not funny actually, the humors that I got only came from a few lines which were quite hard to find unless you actually watch the film from the beginning. The comedy is meant to come from Timothy's **clumsiness** while working as a window cleaner, which usually includes him not being able to control his lust for his 'customers', all of whom are attractive women. In the end, at least for me, it is more enjoyable to focus on the frequent female nudity.

However, even so, Timothy's very lustful behavior can be said to be purely his **innocence**. Oddly enough, the female characters are set up to easily receive a 'full service' from Timothy or Timmy. They are so confident and active, making Timmy a bit scared yet he likes it. This is quite a problem and it would make this film look like a softcore pornographic film where sex is as easy as that without having to pay attention to the characters, just the casts. So yes, the casts are good but not the characters.

Also, this film in a non-obvious way shows the class stratification which can be somewhat seen in Timmy's family and Elizabeth's family. Timmy's brother-in-law, Sidney Nogget (Anthony Booth), for whom Timmy works, also fills the situation, although I don't think this character is really necessary. Other people might have another thing to say about that but that's what I have noticed. 

A quite poor film, at least watchable. The soundtrack for this film is catchy though, "This is Your Life Timmy Lea", very suitable for the whole film. I don't know whether this film is funny to British audiences, especially in the 1970s, to me it isn't. Not a good film if you are new to the sex comedy genre.

Quote from the film:
"Slowly Timmy, slowly, it's not a race."

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Robin Askwith

Anthony Booth

Linda Hayden

Bill Maynard

Dandy Nichols

Sheila White

John Le Mesurier

Richard Wattis

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