Confessions of a Window Cleaner

1974

Action / Comedy

10
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 31% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 2099 2.1K

based on novel or book brother-in-law exploitation sexual humor slapstick comedy blunt

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Plot summary

Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that some female customers expect additional service. Young and curious as he is, he reluctantly accepts the juicy duty. However his heart belongs to Liz, who demands the highest commitment until she lets him go all the way.

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Val Guest

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830.1 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 8
1.5 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Sofia Florina 4 / 10

As a **comedy film**, more precisely a **sex

As a **comedy film**, more precisely a **sex comedy**, of course this film contains humor and also some softcore sex scenes but it's very boring in my opinion. The plot of the film is plain and not tasteful. If you only look at the relationship between **Timothy Lea** (Robin Askwith), a very clumsy and lustful window cleaner, and **Elizabeth Radlett** (Linda Hayden), a mature and attractive police officer, this film is better as a romantic comedy. It's not funny actually, the humors that I got only came from a few lines which were quite hard to find unless you actually watch the film from the beginning. The comedy is meant to come from Timothy's **clumsiness** while working as a window cleaner, which usually includes him not being able to control his lust for his 'customers', all of whom are attractive women. In the end, at least for me, it is more enjoyable to focus on the frequent female nudity. However, even so, Timothy's very lustful behavior can be said to be purely his **innocence**. Oddly enough, the female characters are set up to easily receive a 'full service' from Timothy or Timmy. They are so confident and active, making Timmy a bit scared yet he likes it. This is quite a problem and it would make this film look like a softcore pornographic film where sex is as easy as that without having to pay attention to the characters, just the casts. So yes, the casts are good but not the characters. Also, this film in a non-obvious way shows the class stratification which can be somewhat seen in Timmy's family and Elizabeth's family. Timmy's brother-in-law, Sidney Nogget (Anthony Booth), for whom Timmy works, also fills the situation, although I don't think this character is really necessary. Other people might have another thing to say about that but that's what I have noticed. A quite poor film, at least watchable. The soundtrack for this film is catchy though, "This is Your Life Timmy Lea", very suitable for the whole film. I don't know whether this film is funny to British audiences, especially in the 1970s, to me it isn't. Not a good film if you are new to the sex comedy genre. Quote from the film: "Slowly Timmy, slowly, it's not a race."
Reviewed by sofiaflorina 4 / 10

A Not So Funny and Very Boring Sex Comedy

As a comedy film, more precisely a sex comedy, of course this film contains humor and also some softcore sex scenes but it's very boring in my opinion. The plot of the film is plain and not tasteful. If you only look at the relationship between Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith), a very clumsy and lustful window cleaner, and Elizabeth Radlett (Linda Hayden), a mature and attractive police officer, this film is better as a romantic comedy.It's not funny actually, the humors that I got only came from a few lines which were quite hard to find unless you actually watch the film from the beginning. The comedy is meant to come from Timothy's clumsiness while working as a window cleaner, which usually includes him not being able to control his lust for his 'customers', all of whom are attractive women. In the end, at least for me, it is more enjoyable to focus on the frequent female nudity.However, even so, Timothy's very lustful behavior can be said to be purely his innocence. Oddly enough, the female characters are set up to easily receive a 'full service' from Timothy or Timmy. They are so confident and active, making Timmy a bit scared yet he likes it. This is quite a problem and it would make this film look like a softcore pornographic film where sex is as easy as that without having to pay attention to the characters, just the casts. So yes, the casts are good but not the characters.Also, this film in a non-obvious way shows the class stratification which can be somewhat seen in Timmy's family and Elizabeth's family. Timmy's brother-in-law, Sidney Nogget (Anthony Booth), for whom Timmy works, also fills the situation, although I don't think this character is really necessary. Other people might have another thing to say about that but that's what I have noticed.A quite poor film, at least watchable. The soundtrack for this film is catchy though, "This is Your Life Timmy Lea", very suitable for the whole film. I don't know whether this film is funny to British audiences, especially in the 1970s, to me it isn't. Not a good film if you are new to the sex comedy genre.Quote from the film: "Slowly Timmy, slowly, it's not a race."
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10

CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER has a lot to answer for. On release in 1974, it helped usher in a new wave of low budget British sex comedies, not least the three sequels that followed this. That's because it was inordinately successful, helping to destroy the CARRY ON films at the box office (only two more were made, each trying to copy this film's formula). Seen today, it's a rather twee, somewhat amusing, and completely dated little movie more embarrassing than it is funny. It's a simple, laboured exploration of British values of the '70s, bearing comparison to the likes of MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE and the TV series it most resembles, ON THE BUSES. The jokes are silly and full of the innuendo that made ARE YOU BEING SERVED? equally successful and the shooting style is low rent and down to earth. This was a film that working class folk could readily identify with.Speaking of identification, Robin Askwith makes for a perfect 'hero'. He's young, somewhat stupid, quick to laugh at himself and not especially good looking; watching him score with numerous beautiful women must have been like a fantasy come true for all the British lads watching and wishing they were in a similar situation. I wonder how many became window cleaners after seeing the fantasies played out here? And what a supporting cast! There's Anthony Booth, future father-in-law of British prime minister Tony Blair; there's Bill Maynard, later a lovable fixture on TV and radio. Linda Hayden (BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW) is ravishing as usual, and even the likes of Sam Kydd and John Le Mesurier pop up to lend the movie some much-needed gravitas.What I liked most is that this is far from a plot less string of sexual encounters. It has story, plain and simple, and the last third of the film goes off in a completely different direction as Askwith readies himself to be married. Okay, so there is a lot of sex and nudity in the film, and there are lots of attractive women attractively undressed, but this is sex of the saucy slap 'n' tickle variety, the quintessential British seaside postcard come to life. It's one step further than the CARRY ONs ever went, but it's never sleazy or sordid. It makes you laugh. CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER is far from classic, but it does paint a nice picture of the whys and wherefores of Britain in the mid-'70s and it has its own small place in the film industry's history.
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