''Clinic Exclusive'' (UK theatrical title: ''Clinic Xclusive'';

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''With These Hands''; re-released as ''Sex Clinic'') is a 1971 British

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directed by

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and starring Georgina Ward,

Alexander Davion Alexander Davion, (March 31, 1929 - September 28, 2019) French-born British actor. He was perhaps best known in the UK for his starring role in ''Gideon's Way'' as Detective Chief Inspector David Keen. He was born in Paris, France. He died in Lond ...

, Carmen Silvera and

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Plot

Julie Mason ( Georgina Ward) abuses her position as the owner of a private health clinic by selling sexual favours to her male clients, whom she then blackmails for large amounts of money. At the same time, she resists the sexual advances of Elsa Farson ( Carmen Silvera), a lonely, older woman. When businessman Lee Maitland (

) engages her services, Julie, who wants to make a new life for herself, is taken by her new client and quickly becomes his fiancée. Meanwhile, barred from visiting Julie, Farson is driven to suicide. Julie is drawn into Maitland's plan to make them both rich, unaware that he is actually Farson's son and intends to avenge his mother. The film ends with Maitland, having faked his death in a road accident that Julie helped to create, disappearing with tens of thousands of pounds that Julie had extracted from her clients. Julie is left to choose between admitting blackmail or remaining silent and being charged with Maitland's murder.

Cast

* Georgina Ward as Julie Mason *

as Lee Maitland *

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as Ann * Mike Lewin as Roger Dawes * Carmen Silvera as Elsa Farson *

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as Bernard Wilcox * Basil Moss as Philip Eveleigh * Tony Wright as Police Inspector * Geoffrey Morris as Sir Roderick Clyde * Maria Coyne as Marilyn * April Olrich as Paula *

as Geoffrey Carter *

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as Mr Fawcett

Production

The film was written and produced by Hazel Adair and

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under the joint pseudonym "Elton Hawke". Many of the cast had appeared in either ''

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'' or ''

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'', soap operas co-created by Adair. ''Clinic Exclusive'' marks the film debut of Carmen Silvera, later known for her role as

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in the BBC TV sitcom ''

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''.

Release

Originally titled ''Clinic Xclusive'', the film was re-released in May 1975 as ''Sex Clinic''.

Critical response

Writing for ''

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'' in 1972, critic Nigel Andrews described the film as "quite a neat, unpredictable revenge thriller", praising its "glossily efficient" script and direction as well as the performance of Ward. He concluded that ''Clinic Exclusive'' is "altogether a surprisingly competent production, if only within the limits of its strictly

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genre". The publication in the press of stills from the film led to Georgina Ward withdrawing an application to be a UK parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party.https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0911559/trivia?ref_=m_nm_dyk_trv

References

External links

* {{Don Chaffey 1970s erotic films 1971 LGBT-related films 1971 films British erotic films British LGBT-related films 1970s English-language films Films about criminals Films directed by Don Chaffey Lesbian-related films British films about revenge 1970s British films