''Commuter Husbands'' is a 1972

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

film by noted British sexploitation director

Derek Ford Derek Ford (6 September 1932, Essex – 19 May 1995) was an English film director and writer, most famous for sexploitation films such as ''The Wife Swappers'' (1970), '' Suburban Wives'' (1971), '' Commuter Husbands'' (1972), ''Keep It Up, Ja ...

, and a semi sequel to his 1971 film '' Suburban Wives''. The film was directed and written by

, and stars

Gabrielle Drake Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March 1944) is a British actress. She appeared in the 1970s in television series '' The Brothers'' and ''UFO''. In the early 1970s she appeared in several erotic roles on screen. She later took parts in soap operas ''Cr ...

Robin Bailey William Henry Mettam "Robin" Bailey (5 October 1919 – 14 January 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Often cast in upper class and tradition-bound roles such as Mr Justice Graves in Thames Television's '' ...

, and

Claire Gordon Claire Gordon (16 January 1941 – 13 April 2015) was an English film actress and comedian known for leading and cameo roles in many British films from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, and for working with most of the television comedy stars of ...

.The film exists also in a version with hardcore inserts, but there is no suggestion that any of the credited cast performed hardcore.Sheridan,Simon (2011). ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema''. Titan Books Ltd

Plot

The Story Teller (Drake) enters the Penthouse Club in London, which she declares is the "front line" in the battle of the sexes, proving "that man is the most dangerous animal of them all - excepting woman". She introduces six stories about wayward husbands.

Cast

as The Story Teller *

as Dennis *

Heather Chasen Heather Jean Chasen (20 July 1927 – 22 May 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in soap operas; playing Valerie Pollard in the ITV soap opera, '' Crossroads'', from 1982 to 1986 and guest roles in '' Doctors'', '' Holby ...

as Wife * Robin Culver as John Appleby * Brenda Peters as Lola *

as Carla Berlin * Jane Cardew as Secretary * Dick Haydon as Arthur Benbow * Dervis Ward as Arnold * Dorothea Phillips as Wife * Mike Britton as Peter Harris * Nicola Austin as Dream Girl * Timothy Parkes as Raymond Hardacre * Yokki Rhodes as Trudi *

George Selway George Selway (21 February 1924 – May 1994) was an English actor who had a lengthy career in film and television. He was married to and later separated from English actress Patricia Greene, of ''The Archers'' radio serial fame. Coincidental ...

as Charlesworth

Soundtrack

*"Man Is A Hunter" - Performed by Samantha Jones.

References

External links

* 1972 films British sexploitation films 1970s English-language films 1970s sex comedy films British sex comedy films 1972 comedy films Films directed by Derek Ford 1970s British films {{exploitation-film-stub