"If you can't have the real thing— you do all kinds of unreal things."

1971

1h 32m

7.0(219 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attendant.

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25 members

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Jane Asher

Susan

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John Moulder-Brown

Mike

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Karl Michael Vogler

Gym Teacher

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Christopher Sandford

Chris

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Diana Dors

Bathhouse Female Client #1

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Louise Martini

Beata

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Erica Beer

Bathhouse Cashier

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Anita Lochner

Kathy

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Anne-Marie Kuster

Angie

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Cheryl Hall

Red Hat Girl

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Christine Paul-Podlasky

White Coat Girl

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Dieter Eppler

Bathhouse Boiler Room Manager

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Karl Ludwig Lindt

Bathhouse Manager

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Eduard Linkers

Cinema Manager

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Will Danin

Young Police Officer

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Gerald Rowland

Cap Boy

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Burt Kwouk

Street Food Cart Manager

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Uli Steigberg

Mike's Father (uncredited)

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Erika Wackernagel

Mike's Mother (uncredited)

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Ursula Mellin

Bathhouse Female Client #2 (uncredited)

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Peter Martin Urtel

Old Police Officer (uncredited)

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Jon Laurimore

Erotic Show Announcer (uncredited)

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Jerzy Skolimowski

Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)

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Ursula Holstein

Sex Film Actress (uncredited)

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Flavia Keyt

Sex Film Actress (uncredited)

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