''The Pleasure Girls'' is a 1965 British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

directed by

Gerry O'Hara Gerald O'Hara (born October 1924, Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English film and television director. O'Hara was an assistant director on Laurence Olivier's film, ''Richard III''; the Carol Reed film, ''Our Man in Havana'' and the Academy Award-w ...

and starring

Francesca Annis Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in '' Reckless'' (1998), '' Wives and Daughters'' (1999), ''Deceit'' (2000), and '' Cranford'' (2007). A six-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 19 ...

Ian McShane Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor, producer and director. He is known for his television performances, particularly as the title role in the BBC series ''Lovejoy'' (1986–1994), Al Swearengen in '' Deadwood'' (20 ...

and

Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a c ...

Plot

When a beautiful young woman, Sally (

), moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela (

Anneke Wills Anneke Wills (; born Anna Katarina Willys, 20 October 1941) is an English actress, best known for her role as the Doctor Who companion Polly in the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Wills's father, ...

) and Dee ( Suzanna Leigh) and discovers the world of the carefree bachelor girl in Swinging London of the 1960s. Over one weekend - filled with parties, blossoming friendships, and romantic encounters with Keith (

) and Nikko (

) - the vivacious girls learn about life's pleasures and pains.

Cast

as Sally *

as Keith Dexter *

as Nikko Stalmar * Tony Tanner as Paddy * Mark Eden as Prinny * Suzanna Leigh as Dee *

as Angela *

Rosemary Nicols Rosemary Nicols (born Rosemary Claxton; 28 October 1941, in Bradford, England) is a British actress. She comes from a theatrical family and was the author of the 1967 book ''The Loving Adventures of Jaby''. Biography She was educated at Haberd ...

as Marion * Carol Cleveland as Ella *

Peter Diamond Peter Arthur Diamond (born , 1940) is an American economist known for his analysis of U.S. Social Security policy and his work as an advisor to the Advisory Council on Social Security in the late 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded the Nobel Memori ...

as Rat-Face * Tony Doonan as Reilly * Colleen Fitzpatrick as Cobber * Hugh Futcher as Pablo * Hal Hamilton as Peter 'E'-Type * Jonathan Hansen as Ivor *

Yvonne Antrobus Yvonne Daphne Antrobus (born 1 November 1940) is a British novelist, abridger, radio dramatist, and actress. Writing She has made over 100 abridgments and dramatisations for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and for independent audio publishers, ...

as Waitress *

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as 1st Gambler * Julian Holloway as Hanger-on * Brian Cant as Man in pub (uncredited)

DVD and Blu-ray release

The film was published in dual format edition (containing both DVD & Blu-ray on the one disc) by the

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.Cinedelic
release news story BFI and Flipside to release The Pleasure Girls (1965) on dual-format disc
It was released as part of the " Flipside" strand. It was produced in an alternative export cut (Blu-ray only) and export version scenes (DVD only).

References

External links

* * 1965 films 1965 drama films British drama films British black-and-white films Films directed by Gerry O'Hara Films scored by Malcolm Lockyer 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-drama-film-stub