''Come Back Peter'' is a 1969 British

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film written, produced, edited and directed by

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. It was reissued in the UK with additional footage in 1976 under the title ''Some Like It Sexy''.Simon Sheridan, ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'',

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, 2011, p. 63-64.

Plot

A young Londoner called Peter (Christopher Matthews) has sexual encounters with a string of women including an

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, a model, a high-class lady, a blues singer, a hippie, incestuous twins and a

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from

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. At the end of the film, Peter is revealed to be a butcher's assistant entertaining

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Cast

*Christopher Matthews as Peter *Erika Bergmann as Lisa (au pair) *Penny Riley as Sue (model) *

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as Mrs Beaufort-Smith *

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as Mrs Beaufort-Smith's daughter *Valerie St. Helene as Cleo (blues singer) *

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as Creampuff (hippie) *

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as Jenny (Salvation Army girl) * Madeleine and

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as Twins

Critical response

The film was negatively received by

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of ''

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'' and Nina Hibbin of the ''

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''. Calling the film "charmless and flashy",

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of ''

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'' criticised its "monotony" of presentation and the "vulgar tedium" of the protagonist's sexual encounters.

References

External links

* 1969 films 1969 comedy films 1960s sex comedy films British sex comedy films Films set in London 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-UK-film-stub