Confessions of a Driving Instructor
{{Short description|1976 British film by Norman Cohen}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Confessions of a Driving Instructor
| image = Confessions of a Driving Instructor FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = Theatrical release poster by Vic Fair
| director = Norman Cohen
| producer = Greg Smith
Michael Klinger (executive producer)
| writer = Christopher Wood
| narrator =
| starring = Robin Askwith
Anthony Booth
Doris Hare
Bill Maynard
Sheila White
Windsor Davies
Liz Fraser
Irene Handl
George Layton
Lynda Bellingham
| music = Ed Welch
| cinematography = Ken Hodges
| editing = Geoffrey Foot
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1976|09|12}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Confessions of a Driving Instructor is a 1976 British sex-farce film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Robin Askwith and Anthony Booth.{{Cite web |title=Confessions of a Driving Instructor |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150049794 |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}
It was the third instalment of the Confessions series, based on the novels by Christopher Wood (as Timothy Lea).
Plot
Timothy Lea joins his brother-in-law's driving school. Their school is soon in rivalry with a competing school, while Timothy finds himself involved in erotic adventures with his clients, secretary and landlady. His clients are a mix of the inept and the dangerous and mayhem ensues. A rugby match is organised between the two schools, at which one of the rival school's instructors unknowingly swallows a powerful aphrodisiac and rampages around the field, an event that leads to the climactic car chase.
Cast
- Robin Askwith as Timothy Lea
- Anthony Booth as Sidney Noggett
- Bill Maynard as Walter Lea
- Doris Hare as Mrs Lea
- Sheila White as Rosie Noggett
- Windsor Davies as Mr Truscott
- Liz Fraser as Mrs Chalmers
- Irene Handl as Miss Slenderparts
- George Layton as Tony Bender
- Lynda Bellingham as Mary Truscott
- Avril Angers as Mrs. Truscott
- John Junkin as Luigi
- Donald Hewlett as chief examiner
- Sally Faulkner as Mrs. Dent
- Maxine Casson as Avril Chalmers
- Chrissy Iddon as Lady Snodley
- Ballard Berkeley as Lord Snodley
- Suzy Mandel as Mrs Hargreaves
- Damaris Hayman as tweedy golfing lady
- Geoffrey Hughes as Postman
- Daniel Chamberlain as Jason Noggett
- Lewis Collins as rugby player
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A fifth-rate potboiler of proven commercial value. Considering all the whiskery gags and double entendres wheeled out in this episode of the Cohen-Wood Confessions, it is surprising that Miss Slenderparts' reckless driving is the single example of a woman-driver joke (which is incidentally amusing only because the stuntperson substituting for Irene Handl is so plainly a burly man). More dispiriting than the ingenuous hero's three or four mannerisms (an apprehensive glance, a tug at the underpants, an empty grin) is the misguided enthusiasm displayed by both old and new hands."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1976 |title=Confessions of a Driving Instructor |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305826910/C22E96CDF1D84847PQ/1 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=43 |issue=504 |pages=189 |via=ProQuest}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0074343}}
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Category:Confessions film series
Category:1970s sex comedy films
Category:Films shot at EMI-Elstree Studios
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films directed by Norman Cohen
Category:British sex comedy films
Category:Films with screenplays by Christopher Wood (writer)
Category:English-language sex comedy films
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