''Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair'' (also known as ''The David Galaxy Affair'', and for its UK re-release, ''Star Sex'') is a 1979

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directed by Willy Roe and starring Alan Lake,

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, Mary Millington,

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and

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. The film was not part of the ''Confessions'' series of films from

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that began with '' Confessions of a Window Cleaner'' (1974), but it was hoped that it would benefit commercially from the similarity of title.

Plot

A playboy astrologer has to prove an alibi to police for a robbery five years before.

Cast

* Alan Lake as David Galaxy *

as Chief Inspector Evans * Mary Millington as Millicent Cumming *

as Mr. Pringle *

as Steve *

as Jenny Stride *

Kenny Lynch Kenneth Lynch, OBE (18 March 1938 – 18 December 2019) was an English singer, songwriter, entertainer, and actor. He appeared in many variety shows in the 1960s. At the time, he was among the few black singers in British pop music. He was app ...

as Joe * Rosemary England as Sandra *

John Moulder-Brown John Moulder-Brown (born 3 June 1953) is an English actor, known for his appearances in the films '' The House That Screamed'' (1969), '' Deep End'' (1970), '' First Love'' (1970) and '' Ludwig'' (1973). Biography Moulder-Brown was born in Lo ...

as Sergeant Johnson *

Alec Mango Alec Mango (16 March 1911 – 7 November 1989) was an English actor. Best known for portraying El Supremo in the 1951 '' Captain Horatio Hornblower'', he also appeared in '' South of Algiers'' (1953), '' The Strange World of Planet X'' (1958), ...

as Pembleton *

Queenie Watts Queenie Watts (born Mary Spenton; 21 July 1923 – 25 January 1980) was an English actress of film and television, as well as an occasional singer.

as David Galaxy's mother *

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as Judge *

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as Eddie *

Sally Faulkner Sally Faulkner (born 14 August 1946) is an English actress. In 1967, Faulkner graduated from RADA and married her husband, engineering executive Charles Nicholas Carne. Faulkner appeared in films such as '' The Body Stealers'' (1969), '' Vamp ...

as Amanda * Lindy Benson as Evelyn * Valerie Minifie as Sylvia * Pamela Healey as Miss Uncliffe * Cindy Truman as Anne * Vicki Scott as Charlotte * Maria Parkinson as Susan MP * George Lewis as George * John M. East as Willie

Production

The film was financed by businessman David Sullivan to promote the career of Millington, who was his girlfriend at the time. In the event, Millington died a few weeks after the film's release. Diana Dors performed the film's theme song over the opening titles.

Release

The film was Sullivan's first

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, being released at a period when soft porn theatrical films were losing their popularity in Britain.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those wi ...

'' wrote: "With its barely identifiable semblance of plot, a level of comic invention exemplified by having the hero interrupt his love-making by breaking wind, and a dramatic context that amounts to little but the endless offering and pouring of drinks, this erotic 'thriller' proves squalidly unwatchable."

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s sex comedy films 1970s English-language films British sex comedy films 1979 comedy films 1970s British films English-language sex comedy films {{erotic-comedy-film-stub