The Knack... and How to Get It

The Knack... and How to Get It

The Knack ...and How to Get It
🎞️ Movie 84 min GB
โ˜… 6.2 /10 1965

Some have it, Some Don't.

In England, the times are a changing: it's mods and rockers. On the day Nancy gets off the London train, cases in hand, looking for the YWCA, Colin has had enough of missing out on the sexual revolution. He begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal Tolen to teach him 'the knack' - how to score with women. Serendipitously, Colin and his new lodger Tom meet up with Nancy while Colin's buying a bed larger than Tolen's. The three hit it off, but their simple fun ends when Tolen meets Nancy. Colin is jealous but impotent, and Tolen both attracts and repels her. She swoons, wonders what happened, and cries 'rape.' Impish serendipity rubs against unsettling ambiguity; Tolen bolts.

Cast

Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham
Nancy Jones
Ray Brooks
Ray Brooks
Tolen
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
Colin
Donal Donnelly
Donal Donnelly
Tom
William Dexter
William Dexter
Dress Shop Owner
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Charles Dyer
Man in Photo Booth
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Margot Thomas
Female Teacher
John Bluthal
John Bluthal
Angry Father
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Helen Lennox
Girl in Photo Booth
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Wensley Pithey
Teacher
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John Barry
Composer
David Watkin
David Watkin
Cinematographer

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