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Overview
Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become the madam of a brothel and earn her financial freedom: she opens a house of spanking to fabulous reviews.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-02-12
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- British Screen Productions, Zenith Entertainment, United International Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Julie Walters as Christine Painter
- Shirley Stelfox as Shirley
- Alec McCowen as Wing Commander Morten
- Danny Schiller as Dolly
- Tim Woodward as Timms
- Suzette Llewellyn as Helen
- Victoria Hardcastle as Rose
- Dave Atkins as Sydney
- Ewan Hooper as Edward
- Alan Bowyer as David Painter
- Peter Cellier as Mr. Marples
- Benjamin Whitrow as Mr. Marsden
Crew
- Terry Jones - Director
- David Leland - Writer
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