Confessions Of A Window Cleaner
- 1974 film
Sex comedy following Timothy Lea as he embarks on a window cleaning job. Stars Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Sheila White, Dandy Nichols, Bill Maynard and more.
Confessions Of A Window Cleaner trivia
Based on the novel Confessions Of A Window Cleaner, by Christopher Wood under the pseudonym 'Timothy Lea'.
Confessions Of A Window Cleaner was the highest-grossing British film of 1974.
Mike Grady was nearly cast in the part of Timothy Lea.
Robin Askwith originally signed a contract for six Confessions films, but he and producer Greg Smith decided the series was exhausted after four.
Confessions Of A Window Cleaner was adapted for the stage.
Robin Askwith regularly remarks that the chemicals used in an infamous scene in which a kitchen is filled with soap suds whilst Timmy Lea and a housewife are nude, badly burned the skin on his testicles.
As early footage began being screened to international buyers, producers decided to embark on producing three versions of the film: 'A', for markets such as the UK, contained full nudity; 'B', for slightly more conservative, often Catholic countries, would see knickers but no bras worn; and the 'C' version - reportedly only for South Africa - saw full underwear worn at all times.
Confessions Of A Window Cleaner was so financially successful that distributor Columbia Pictures had to pay corporation tax in the UK for the first time.