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    Touchables, The (1968)

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    Sadie (Judy Huxtable), Melanie (Esther Anderson), Busbee (Marilyn Rickard) and Samson (Kathy Simmonds) are a quartet of beautiful Pop-Art princesses who chloroform and kidnap rock-star Christian (David Anthony) and imprison him in their plastic, see-through Bubble House in the countryside.

    Inside the bubble dome, Christian is bound and informed of his unusual fate. The girls have no specific agenda other than making sure that they all sleep with him and Christian, being a star from 1968 is ultimately all too happy to oblige.

    Gay wrestler Ricki Starr gets jealous and tries to muscle his way into the action, aided by a posh gangster called Twyning (James Villiers).

    Christian slips into an easy routine as the girls play games to win their turn with him. Meanwhile, in the outside world, his manager (John Ronane) is under pressure from Ricki and Twyning to find their missing asset.

    Things turn serious when Christian tries to escape and is chased by the girls on horseback and shot in the head as he tries to escape by motorboat (fortunately he emerges unscathed).

    Directed by The Beatles’ favourite photographer Robert Freeman and featuring music by Pink Floyd and long-lost British flower-pop band Nirvana (the original 60s band of that name, not Mr Cobain’s effort), The Touchables has little point other than to reinforce the benefits of being young, lovely and free in the 1960s.

    The screenplay was written by legendary British comedy writer Ian La Frenais based on a book by David and Donald Cammell.

    Sadie
    Judy Huxtable
    Melanie
    Esther Anderson
    Busbee
    Marilyn Rickard
    Samson
    Kathy Simmonds
    Christian
    David Anthony
    Ricki
    Ricky Starr
    Twyning
    James Villiers
    Lillywhite
    Harry Baird
    Kasher
    John Ronane
    Denzil
    Michael Chow
    Glubb
    Roy Davies
    Quayle
    William Dexter
    Bruno
    Bruno Elrington
    Jimmy
    Peter Gordeno
    March
    Danny Lynch
    Danny
    Steve Viedor
    Terry
    Bryan Walsh
    Nigel Bent
    Simon Williams
    Interviewer
    Joan Bakewell

    Director
    Robert Freeman

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