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The Pleasure Girls
Why this pick
Like Smashing Time, it follows young women newly arrived in Swinging London, balancing mod-era visual buzz with a sharper, more precarious look at friendship and aspiration.
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MOVIE1967 1h 36m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Georgy Girl
Why this pick
Another 1960s London comedy with Lynn Redgrave, it shares the era’s mod texture, female-centred character comedy and an affectionate edge beneath its social satire.
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A Taste of Honey
Why this pick
For the Northern female perspective behind Smashing Time’s comic exaggeration: Rita Tushingham gives another vivid performance in a socially alert, intimate story of youthful independence.
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Darling
Why this pick
It offers a more glamorous and bitter counterpart to Smashing Time’s fame-seeking London fantasy, with a stylish eye for image-making, ambition and shifting identities.
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The Knack... and How to Get It
Why this pick
Richard Lester’s restless cutting, visual gags and playful London modernism make this an especially strong fit for Smashing Time’s exuberant pop-comedy rhythm.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Brenda (Rita Tushingham) and Yvonne (Lynn Redgrave), two girls from the North of England, arrive in London to seek fame and fortune. However, their image of the city is quickly tarnished when they are robbed of their savings by a tramp. Determined not to let her chance slip, Yvonne visits Carnaby Street in the hope of catching the eye of a trendy photographer, whilst Brenda has to stay behind and do the washing up in a 'greasy spoon' cafe after the girls can't afford to pay.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Rita Tushingham
Brenda
Lynn Redgrave
Yvonne
Michael York
Tom Wabe
Anna Quayle
Charlotte Brillig
Ian Carmichael
Bobby Mome-Rath
Jeremy Lloyd
Jeremy Tove
Valerie Leon
Tove's Secretary
Geoffrey Hughes
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