''Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman'' is a 1973

sex comedy Sex comedy, erotic comedy or more broadly sexual comedy is a genre in which comedy is motivated by sexual situations and love affairs. Although "sex comedy" is primarily a description of dramatic forms such as theatre and film, literary works such ...

film directed by

Wolf Rilla Wolf Peter Rilla (16 March 1920 – 19 October 2005) was a film director and writer of German background, although he worked mainly in the United Kingdom. Rilla is known for directing '' Village of the Damned'' (1960). He wrote many books for stu ...

.
European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945
' (2012). Columbia University Press. p. 65. Also known as ''Naughty Wives''.

Plot

The film is about a young man who gets a job as a vacuum

salesman Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period. The delivery of a service for a cost is also considered a sale. The seller, or the provider of the goods or services, completes a sale in r ...

and finds that he has to fight off advances from female customers.

Cast

* Brendan Price – David Clyde * Sue Longhurst – Penny *Felicity Devonshire – Susanne *

Victoria Burgoyne Victoria Burgoyne (born 3 April 1953) is an English actress. She is known for being a guest actress in the infamously uncompleted 1979 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' Shada'', the making of which was abandoned as the result of a BBC strike. She prov ...

– Sally Cockburn *

Graham Stark Graham William Stark (20 January 1922 – 29 October 2013) was an English comedian, actor, writer and director. Early life The son of a purser on transatlantic liners,

- Charlie Vincent *

Chic Murray Charles Thomas McKinnon "Chic" Murray (6 November 1919 – 29 January 1985) was a Scottish comedian and actor. He appeared in various roles on British television and film, most notably in the 1967 version of ''Casino Royale'', and portrayed ...

– Policeman *

Bernard Spear Bernard Spear (11 September 1919 – 9 May 2003) was an English actor. Early life Spear was born on 11 September 1919 in Croydon, Surrey, to a Polish-Jewish father and a Russian-Jewish mother. He was educated at Central Federation School in ...

- Jake Tripper *Jean Harrington – Martina *Steve Patterson – Anthony Clyde *Jacqueline Logan – Mrs. Donovan *Elizabeth Romilly – Nancy *Jan Servais – Jane *Jacqueline Afrique – Rachel * Johnny Briggs - Loman *Karen Boyes – Girlfriend *David Rayner – Bruce, the art director *Ron Alexander – Ron, the assistant *Noelle Finch – Edith Simons, the reporter

References

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* 1973 films 1970s sex comedy films British sex comedy films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Wolf Rilla 1973 comedy films 1970s British films Films about salespeople {{1970s-comedy-film-stub