Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
| Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair | |
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| Directed by | Willy Roe |
| Written by | Joe Ireland |
| Produced by | Willy Roe David Sullivan (executive producer) |
| Starring | Alan Lake Glynn Edwards Mary Millington |
| Cinematography | Douglas Hill |
| Edited by | Jim Connock |
| Music by | David Whitaker |
Production company | Roldvale Productions |
| Distributed by | Roldvale Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (also known as The David Galaxy Affair, and for its UK re-release, Star Sex) is a 1979 British sexploitation comedy film directed by Willy Roe and starring Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards, Mary Millington, Bernie Winters, Diana Dors and Anthony Booth.[1]
The film was not part of the Confessions series of films from Columbia Pictures that began with Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974), but it was hoped that it would benefit commercially from the similarity of title.[2]
Plot
[edit]A playboy astrologer has to prove an alibi to police for a robbery five years before.
Cast
[edit]- Alan Lake as David Galaxy
- Glynn Edwards as Chief Inspector Evans
- Mary Millington as Millicent Cumming
- Bernie Winters as Mr. Pringle
- Anthony Booth as Steve
- Diana Dors as Jenny Stride
- Kenny Lynch as Joe
- Rosemary England as Sandra
- John Moulder-Brown as Sergeant Johnson
- Alec Mango as Pembleton
- Queenie Watts as David Galaxy's mother
- Ballard Berkeley as Judge
- Milton Reid as Eddie
- Sally Faulkner as Amanda
- Lindy Benson as Evelyn
- Valerie Minifie as Sylvia
- Pamela Healey as Miss Uncliffe
- Cindy Truman as Anne
- Vicki Scott as Charlotte
- Maria Parkinson as Susan MP
- George Lewis as George
- John M. East as Willie
Production
[edit]The film was financed by businessman David Sullivan to promote the career of Millington, who was his girlfriend at the time.[3]
Diana Dors performed the film's theme song over the opening titles.
Release
[edit]The film was Sullivan's first box-office flop, being released at a period when soft porn theatrical films were losing their popularity in Britain.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "With its barely identifiable semblance of plot, a level of comic invention exemplified by having the hero interrupt his love-making by breaking wind, and a dramatic context that amounts to little but the endless offering and pouring of drinks, this erotic 'thriller' proves squalidly unwatchable."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Babington, Bruce (2001). British Stars and Stardom: From Alma Taylor to Sean Connery. Manchester University Press. p. 211. ISBN 9780719058417.
- ^ Hunter, I. Q.; Porter, Laraine (2012). British Comedy Cinema. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 9780415666671.
- ^ Upton, Julian (2004). Fallen Stars: Tragic Lives and Lost Careers. Headpress/Critical Vision. p. 43. ISBN 9781900486385.
- ^ "Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 46 (540): 168. 1 January 1979 – via ProQuest.
Further reading
[edit]Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (fourth edition) (Titan Publishing, London) (2011)
External links
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