The cult of wife swapping in London is shown in a series of six dramatised episodes portraying the various ways in which married couples become attracted to the pastime and its effect on their lives.
The pseudo-documentary begins with a blonde – dressed only in a PVC raincoat – being snatched from Westminister Bridge by muscle men in sunglasses.
They drive her into the countryside, undress her and order her to swim naked to a boat where an unknown horror awaits . . .
The film mainly focuses on Ellen (Valerie St. John) and Paul (James Donnelly), a bored couple who enlist the help of swingers Jean (Joan Hayward) and Leonard (Larry Taylor).
Various swingers (played by unknown actors) are compared to drug addicts and alcoholics and act like evil Satanists with their deceptive ways, initiations and ceremonies.
Several characters narrate flashbacks, and all the confused goings-on are accompanied by a babbling pseudo-psychiatrist who lectures on morality and informs us that the dramas we are seeing are all “based on fact”.
Largely forgotten today, The Wife Swappers was one of the most successful British films at the tail end of the Swinging Sixties and is something of a Brit-sleaze classic.
Remember – “To gamble with emotion is to hazard sanity” and “Retribution is inevitable!”
Narrator
David Gell Paul
James Donnelly Leonard
Larry Taylor Ellen
Valerie St. John Cliff
Denys Hawthorne Sheila
Bunty Garland Carol
Sandra Satchwith Marion
Fiona Fraser Jean
Joan Hayward
Director
Derek Ford
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They drive her into the countryside, undress her and order her to swim naked to a boat where an unknown horror awaits . . .
Remember – “To gamble with emotion is to hazard sanity” and “Retribution is inevitable!”
