''She'll Follow You Anywhere'', released in the United States as ''Passion Potion'', is a 1971 British

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directed by David C. Rea and starring

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and

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. The screenplay concerns two chemists working in a lab of a big corporation who accidentally stumble across a

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while working to create a new

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. The potion makes a man irresistible to any woman who smells it. However, they soon have problems remembering the formula, and keeping their discovery from their bosses and wives.

Plot summary

One day on the way home from work, Mike Carter finds himself propositioned by a woman on the

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. He has been working on developing a new

for his company along with his friend and colleague Alan Simpson. When Alan has a similar encounter with one of the women scientists at their office, they both realise it is linked to one of the numerous aftershave formulas they have developed creating a

which makes them irresistible to any woman. The two men begin to test their

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with some success with the women of

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. They persuade themselves that before they take it to their boss, the strict Andrew Coombes, they must give it extensive testing to make sure it does not contain any unsavoury

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s. Eager to keep their discovery secret from their wives, they begin to use an old army hut in Effingham for their trials, taking woman back there who they have picked up on the train. When they begin to run out of the formula, they attempt to create some more using the original recipe. When this does not have any effect on woman, they realise that it must be due to a contaminated chemical that they put in the original potion. They try to locate it, but all issues of it have been destroyed. They begin doing tests to try to find the missing ingredient that will make their potion work. Their wives are becoming increasingly suspicious about their strange behaviour, and their boss is demanding that they produce a new aftershave to a

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. When they accidentally allow their boss to get hold of the secret, he too discovers its potency with his secretary. When the two men's wives arrive in London on a surprise shopping trip, the two men fear the game is up. They confess to their boss about the real nature of the potion, and the trials they have been conducting at Effingham. When the three men go to Effingham they discover the army are now demolishing the old huts, and the remaining potion is destroyed by accident. Coombes now threatens them with the sack, threatening to reveal to their wives what they have been doing, unless they can recreate the formula by endless testing of various chemicals to find the magic ingredient.

Cast

...Mike Carter *

... Alan Simpson *

... Andrew Coombes *

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... Diane Simpson * Philippa Gail ... June Carter *

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... Miss Cawfield *

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... Sue * Anna Matisse ... Erika *

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... Model with dog * Josephine Baxter ... Girl on train *

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... Janet *

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... Martha * Linda Cunningham ... Betty * Valerie Stanton ... Sally *

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... Bride *

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... Groom *

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... Jackie *

David Garth David Garth (born David Lawrence Goldberg; March 5, 1930 – December 15, 2014) was an American political advertising consultant to first Democratic and later Republican office seekers initially in the State of New York and its largest municipality ...

... Manager *

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... Car salesman *

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... Psychiatrist *

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... Doctor * Joyce Windsor ... Cleaner *

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... Corporal * Kenneth Keeling ... Jackie's dad *

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... Jackie's mum * Nancy Gabrielle ... Perfume tester *

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... Perfume tester * Jennifer Watts ... Bunny girl

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0067126 1971 films 1970s sex comedy films British sex comedy films 1970s English-language films 1971 comedy films 1970s British films