''What the Swedish Butler Saw'' is a 1975 Swedish-American erotic

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film directed by Vernon P. Becker and starring

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, Sue Longhurst, Malou Cartwright and

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. It is known by several

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s including ''A Man with a Maid'', ''The Groove Room'' and ''Champagnegalopp''. The film is loosely based on the 1908 erotic novel ''

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''. During the 3-D revival of the 1980s, the film was re-released under the title ''Tickled Pink'', but the release did keep the ''Swedish Butler'' credit sequence intact. The film was shot in Stereoscopic 3-D at studios in

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with exteriors in

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Premise

In Victorian

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, a young aristocrat, Jack Armstrong, is desperate to win the love of his beloved, the greedy Lady Alice Faversham.R. M. Hayes, ''3-D movies: a history and filmography of stereoscopic cinema'', McFarland, 1998, , p.205 Jack buys an

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to turn into a "love nest", unaware that

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still lives there.

Cast

* Sue Longhurst as Alice Faversham *

as Jack Armstrong * Malou Cartwright as Penny *

as Madame Helena * Charlie Elvegård as Samson * Martin Young as Jack the Ripper * Steven Lund as young Jack * Joe Grey as Judge Pettibone * Larry Leonard as Mr. Pendleton * Peter Rose as Reverend Faversham * Julie Bernby as Mrs. Faversham * Barbara Hart as Mrs. Armstrong * Gil Holmes as Mr. Armstrong * Tina Monell as Marion Faversham

Production

It was one of a number of sex comedies starring Diana Dors.

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Premise

Cast

Production

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