''Getting It Right'' is a 1989 British-American

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starring Jesse Birdsall, Jane Horrocks, and

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was: "Gavin is 31... and a virgin. One wild night and three women later, he's finally... Getting It Right"

Synopsis

The film concerns the late coming of age of protagonist Gavin Lamb (Birdsall), a painfully shy 31-year-old virgin still living at home with his parents and who works as a hairdresser in a West End salon. The socially awkward Gavin forges sudden romantic connections with three very different women: a sultry millionairess ( Redgrave), an idiosyncratic recluse (

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), and a single mother ( Horrocks) who is a junior hairdresser at his salon.

Cast

* Jesse Birdsall as Gavin Lamb * Jane Horrocks as Jenny *

as Lady Minerva Munday * Pat Heywood as Mrs. Lamb *

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as Mr. Lamb *

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as Joan * Richard Huw as Harry * John Gielgud as Sir Gordon Munday * Judy Parfitt as Lady Stella Munday * Peter Cook as Mr. Adrian * Shirley Anne Field as Anne * Ian Redford as Bill * Kevin Drinkwater as Winthrop * Rupert Holliday-Evans as Peter * June Ellis as Mrs. Wagstaffe

Theme

The film's theme song, also titled "Getting it Right", was sung by

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Box office

It made £88,787 in the UK.

References

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* * * {{Randal Kleiser 1989 films 1980s coming-of-age comedy-drama films British coming-of-age comedy-drama films 1980s English-language films Films about virginity Films directed by Randal Kleiser British sex comedy films Films based on British novels Films scored by Colin Towns 1980s sex comedy films 1989 comedy films 1989 drama films 1980s British films