The Knack... and How to Get It
Some have it, some don't.
1965•1h 25m•6.0/10
ComedyRomance
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.0/10(78)
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.
Production
Woodfall Film Productions
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
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)
Julian Holloway
Guardsman (uncredited)
Charlotte Rampling
Water Skier (uncredited)
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