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What the Swedish Butler Saw
Directed byVernon P. Becker
Written byVernon P. Becker
Barry E. Downes
Based onThe Way of a Man with a Maid
by Anonymous
Produced byInge Ivarson
StarringOle Søltoft
Sue Longhurst
Malou Cartwright
Diana Dors
CinematographyTony Forsberg
Edited byIngemar Ejve
Production
companies
Film AB Robur
Unicorn Enterprises
Distributed byIndependent International Pictures
Release date
  • February 17, 1975 (1975-02-17) (Sweden)
Running time
73 minutes[1]
CountriesSweden
United States
LanguageEnglish

What the Swedish Butler Saw is a 1975 Swedish-American erotic sex comedy film directed by Vernon P. Becker and starring Ole Søltoft, Sue Longhurst, Malou Cartwright and Diana Dors. It is known by several alternative titles including A Man with a Maid, The Groove Room and Champagnegalopp.[2] The film is loosely based on the 1908 erotic novel The Way of a Man with a Maid.

During the 3-D revival of the 1980s, the film was re-released under the title Tickled Pink, but the release did keep the Swedish Butler credit sequence intact.

The film was shot in Stereoscopic 3-D at studios in Stockholm with exteriors in Denmark.

Premise

In Victorian London, a young aristocrat, Jack Armstrong, is desperate to win the love of his beloved, the greedy Lady Alice Faversham.[3][4] Jack buys an insane asylum to turn into a "love nest", unaware that Jack the Ripper still lives there.

Cast

  • Sue Longhurst as Alice Faversham
  • Ole Søltoft as Jack Armstrong
  • Malou Cartwright as Penny
  • Diana Dors as Madame Helena
  • Charlie Elvegård as Samson
  • Martin Young as Jack the Ripper
  • Steven Lund as young Jack
  • Joe Grey as Judge Pettibone
  • Larry Leonard as Mr. Pendleton
  • Peter Rose as Reverend Faversham
  • Julie Bernby as Mrs. Faversham
  • Barbara Hart as Mrs. Armstrong
  • Gil Holmes as Mr. Armstrong
  • Tina Monell as Marion Faversham

Production

It was one of a number of sex comedies starring Diana Dors.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WHAT THE SWEDISH BUTLER SAW! (X)". Entertainment Film Distributors. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  2. ^ BFI Groove Street
  3. ^ Donald C. Willis, Horror and science fiction films II, Scarecrow Press, 1982, ISBN 0-8108-1517-6, p.161
  4. ^ R. M. Hayes, 3-D movies: a history and filmography of stereoscopic cinema, McFarland, 1998, ISBN 0-7864-0578-3, p.205
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (September 7, 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.
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