Le Club des Libertins (1969)
Dans l'Angleterre puritaine de la fin du XIXe siècle, Benjamin Oakes, publicitaire peu scrupuleux, imagine un plan qui devrait s'avérer fort lucratif. En effet, la prostitution est interdite par la loi mais envahit les rues de Londres. Oakes est convaincu qu'il peut tirer parti de la situation. Il se lance dans une campagne de persuasion auprès du ministre de l'Intérieur afin d'autoriser les maisons closes. Celles-ci seraient évidemment surveillées - et cofinancées - par le gouvernement. Rapidement, l'opinion publique s'émeut. Pendant ce temps, Walter Leybourne, sincèrement concerné par le sort réservé aux prostituées, lutte pour améliorer leurs conditions de vie.
Directeur: Philip Saville
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David Hemmings as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne |
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Joanna Pettet as Josephine Pacefoot |
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George Sanders as Sir Francis Leybourne |
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Dany Robin as Babette |
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Warren Mitchell as Count Pandolfo |
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John Bird as Home Secretary |
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William Rushton as Sylvester Wall |
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Bill Fraser as Inspector MacPherson |
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Avril Angers as Flora's Mother |
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Maurice Denham as Editor, The Times |
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Martita Hunt as Headmistress |
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Betty Marsden as Felicity |
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Hugh Burden as Lord Tennyson |
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Arnold Diamond as Charles Dickens |
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Tessie O'Shea as Music Hall Singer |
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Clement Freud as Mr. Mason |
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Carol Friday as Flora |
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Jan Holden as Lady Dilke |
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John Cleese as Jones (uncredited) |
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Veronica Carlson as Lilly (uncredited) |
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Peter Jeffrey as Sherlock Holmes (uncredited) |
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Thorley Walters as Doctor Watson (uncredited) |
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Penny Spencer as Evelyn (uncredited) |
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Queenie Watts as Old Crone (uncredited) |
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Margaret Nolan as Busty Prostitute (uncredited) |
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Milton Reid as Henchman (uncredited) |
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Ferdy Mayne as First Petitioner (uncredited) |
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Eric Barker as (uncredited) |
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Joe Lynch as Policeman (uncredited) |
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William Mervyn as Cabinet Minister (uncredited) |
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Charles Lloyd Pack as Second Petitioner (uncredited) |
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Jessie Robins as Machinist (uncredited) |
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Marianne Stone as Machinist (uncredited) |
| Writing | Denis Norden | Writer |
| Production | Philip M. Breen | Producer |
| Editing | Peter Tanner | Editor |
| Directing | Philip Saville | Director |
| Production | Kurt Unger | Producer |
| Sound | Mischa Spoliansky | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Alex Thomson | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mike Fox | Camera Operator |
