''This, That and the Other'', originally released as ''A Promise of Bed'', is a 1969 British sex comedy, featuring a trilogy of stories.
[Simon Sheridan, ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'', Titan Books 2011 p 66-67] The cast included
Victor Spinetti
Vittorio Giorgio Andre "Victor" Spinetti (2 September 1929 – 19 June 2012) was a Welsh actor, author, poet, and raconteur. He appeared in dozens of films and stage plays throughout his 50-year career, including the three 1960s Beatles films ' ...
,
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including ''The Sweeney'', ''Minder'' and ''New Tricks'', singing the theme tunes of the ...
,
John Bird,
Vanessa Howard
Vanessa Howard (born Vanessa Tolhurst, 10 October 1948, Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom – 23 November 2010), later known as Vanessa Chartoff, was a British film actress and professional backup singer.
Early life
Howard was orphaned by the age o ...
,
Vanda Hudson,
Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Lendon Bastedo (9 March 1946 – 12 January 2014) was a British actress, best known for her role as secret agent Sharron Macready in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction adventure series ''The Champions''. Bastedo was a vegetar ...
and
Valerie Leon
Valerie may refer to:
People
*Saint Valerie (disambiguation), a number of saints went by the name Valerie
*Valerie (given name), a feminine given name
Songs
*"Valerie", a 1981 song by Quarterflash, from ''Quarterflash''
*"Valerie", a 1982 son ...
.
Plot
*Story 1 - Susan Stress (
Vanda Hudson), a sex-crazed actress desperate for a role in a film, lures the producer's son (
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including ''The Sweeney'', ''Minder'' and ''New Tricks'', singing the theme tunes of the ...
) into her apartment by persuading him to take raunchy photographs of her.
*Story 2 - George (
Victor Spinetti
Vittorio Giorgio Andre "Victor" Spinetti (2 September 1929 – 19 June 2012) was a Welsh actor, author, poet, and raconteur. He appeared in dozens of films and stage plays throughout his 50-year career, including the three 1960s Beatles films ' ...
), a depressed loner on the brink of suicide, receives a visit from a young hippy girl (
Vanessa Howard
Vanessa Howard (born Vanessa Tolhurst, 10 October 1948, Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom – 23 November 2010), later known as Vanessa Chartoff, was a British film actress and professional backup singer.
Early life
Howard was orphaned by the age o ...
), who brings her friends to his apartment after believing it to be the location of a swinging party with a suicide theme.
*Story 3 - A lascivious taxi driver (
John Bird) takes a mysterious sexy girl (
Yutte Stensgaard
Yutte Stensgaard (born 14 May 1946) is a Danish actress born in Thisted, Jutland, Denmark, best known for her starring role in Hammer's ''Lust for a Vampire'' (1971).
Career
Born Jytte Stensgaard, she moved to the United Kingdom to improve her E ...
) to an isolated countryside retreat, and becomes involved in a psychedelic world of bizarre hallucinations.
Cast
*
Victor Spinetti
Vittorio Giorgio Andre "Victor" Spinetti (2 September 1929 – 19 June 2012) was a Welsh actor, author, poet, and raconteur. He appeared in dozens of films and stage plays throughout his 50-year career, including the three 1960s Beatles films ' ...
- George
*
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including ''The Sweeney'', ''Minder'' and ''New Tricks'', singing the theme tunes of the ...
- Photographer
*
John Bird - Taxi Driver
*
Vanessa Howard
Vanessa Howard (born Vanessa Tolhurst, 10 October 1948, Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom – 23 November 2010), later known as Vanessa Chartoff, was a British film actress and professional backup singer.
Early life
Howard was orphaned by the age o ...
- Barbara
*
Vanda Hudson - Susan Stress
*
Gordon Sterne
Gordon may refer to:
People
* Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters
* Gordon (surname), the surname
* Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War
* Clan Gordon, ...
- Producer
*
Peter Kinsley - Wilbur
*
Roy Brannigan - Jeffrey
*
Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Lendon Bastedo (9 March 1946 – 12 January 2014) was a British actress, best known for her role as secret agent Sharron Macready in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction adventure series ''The Champions''. Bastedo was a vegetar ...
- Angie
*
Christopher Mitchell - Carl
*
Yutte Stensgaard
Yutte Stensgaard (born 14 May 1946) is a Danish actress born in Thisted, Jutland, Denmark, best known for her starring role in Hammer's ''Lust for a Vampire'' (1971).
Career
Born Jytte Stensgaard, she moved to the United Kingdom to improve her E ...
- Taxi Girl
*
Angela Grant
Angela Grant (born 1950) is a British actress, best known for her appearances in four ''Carry On'' films, including ''Carry On Up the Khyber'' and ''Carry On Girls''. Prior to beginning her acting career, she was a teenage fashion model for Mi ...
- Flower Girl
*
Valerie Leon
Valerie may refer to:
People
*Saint Valerie (disambiguation), a number of saints went by the name Valerie
*Valerie (given name), a feminine given name
Songs
*"Valerie", a 1981 song by Quarterflash, from ''Quarterflash''
*"Valerie", a 1982 son ...
- Bath Girl
*
Cleo Goldstein - Hands girl
References
External links
*
'' A Promise of Bed''at
BFI
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1969 films
British sex comedy films
1960s sex comedy films
1969 comedy films
1960s English-language films
Films directed by Derek Ford
1960s British films
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