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The Knack... and How to Get It

Some have it, some don't.

1965 · 1h 25m

Directed by Richard Lester

6.0

TMDB audience score
83 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal to teach him 'the knack' – how to score with women. Serendipitously, the men meet up with a new girl in town, as well as a friendly lunatic who can’t help but paint things white.

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Cast

  • Rita Tushingham
    Nancy Jones

  • Ray Brooks
    Tolen

  • Michael Crawford
    Colin

  • Donal Donnelly
    Tom

  • William Dexter
    Dress Shop Owner

  • Charles Dyer
    Man in Photo Booth

  • Margot Thomas
    Female Teacher

  • John Bluthal
    Angry Father

  • Wensley Pithey
    Teacher

  • Frank Sieman
    Surveyor

  • Bruce Lacey
    Surveyor's Asst.

  • Peter Copley
    Picture Owner

  • Timothy Bateson
    Junkyard Owner

  • Dandy Nichols
    Tom's Landlady

  • Jane Birkin
    Girl on Motorbike (uncredited)

  • Jacqueline Bisset
    Extra (uncredited)

  • Pattie Boyd
    Girl Perfuming Ankle (uncredited)

  • Eve Eden
    Eve (uncredited)