The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) on Netflix
Colin, a nervous schoolteacher, asks his confident tenant Tolen to teach him the knack of seducing women. Tom moves into the spare room, and Nancy arrives in town searching for the YWCA.
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Plot summary
Colin teaches school in London and watches the 1960s sexual revolution from the sidelines. He has little experience with women and wants to learn the knack of seducing them from Tolen, his friend and lodger, who is confident with women. Tolen advises more protein, intuition and dominating women, and suggests another friend move into Colin's spare room so the men can share women. Colin nails the front door shut, so Tolen brings his women in through the window. Tom, passing by, occupies the vacant room and paints everything white, windowpanes included. Colin finds a wrought-iron double bed in a scrapyard, where he meets Nancy, a shy newcomer to London who is looking for the YWCA. A clothing shop clerk flatters her until she hears him repeat the same words to other customers.
Cast
- Margot Thomasas Female Teacher
- Frank Siemanas Surveyor
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Knack gave Jane Birkin, Charlotte Rampling and Jacqueline Bisset their first film appearances: all three were extras, alongside Top of the Pops disc girl Samantha Juste.
- Director Richard Lester made major changes to the play, adding direct address, oddly-edited sequences, humorous subtitles and a Greek chorus of disapproving members of the older generation.
