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    Not Now Darling (1973)

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    A madcap farce about mistresses, minks, mobsters, mistaken identities, misguided shoppers, suspicious wives and scantily clad women hiding in cupboards.

    Gilbert Bodley (Leslie Phillips) – of the London fur salon of Bodley, Bodley, and Crouch – wants to buy his girlfriend, Janie (Julie Ege) an expensive mink coat but is worried about her mobster husband (Derren Nesbitt) finding out.

    So he tries to sell the coat at a huge discount, hoping the husband will fall for it.

    Instead of doing his own dirty work, Bodley gets his reluctant partner, Arnold Crouch (Ray Cooney), to do it for him.

    Things go awry, though, when the mobster plans to buy it for his own mistress and soon the whole plan goes out the window – along with women’s clothing and a few other things.

    The role of Arnold Crouch was originally intended for Dudley Moore but he was signed to a film in America. It was then offered to Terry Scott who developed an aneurysm and had to withdraw.

    Director Ray Cooney then assumed the role himself, having been the original actor in the out-of-town preview, before it opened in the West End.

    Make sure to watch the uncut version of the film. The UK cinema version edits out many of the best saucy lines and most of the nudity.

    Miss Whittington
    Geraldine Gardner
    Bodley/Gilbert Bodley
    Leslie Phillips
    Crouch/Arnold Crouch
    Ray Cooney
    Janie McMichael
    Julie Ege
    Miss Tipdale
    Joan Sims
    Commissionaire Frank
    Bill Fraser
    Commander George Frencham
    Jack Hulbert
    Mrs Harriet Frencham
    Cicely Courtneidge
    Harry McMichael
    Derren Nesbitt
    Sue Lawson
    Barbara Windsor
    Maude Bodley
    Moira Lister
    Mr Lawson
    Jackie Pallo

    Director
    Ray Cooney
    David Croft

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