Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)

★ 4.9 1h 30m IMDb

Comedy

Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that some female customers expect additional service. Young and curious as he is, he reluctantly accepts the juicy duty. However his heart belongs to Liz, who demands the highest commitment until she lets him go all the way.

Where to Watch

Checking 300+ streaming services for this title. Check back soon.

Rent / Buy

No rental or purchase options available yet.

Cast

Robin Askwith as Timmy Lea Age 75 · Southport, Lancashire, England, UK Robin Askwith is a British actor prolific in the 1970s with softcore sexploitation comedies such as the Confessions series. Away from those films, Askwith acted for directors like Lindsay Anderson and...

Anthony Booth as Sid Noggett Died 2017 · Liverpool, England Anthony George Booth (9 October 1931 – 25 September 2017, later known as Tony and Antony) was an English actor, best known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part, and as...

Linda Hayden as Policewoman Elizabeth Radlett Age 73 · Middlesex, England, UK Linda Hayden (born 19 January 1953 in Stanmore, Middlesex) is an English film and television actress, best known for her roles in 1970s British horror films and sex comedies. Description above from t...

Bill Maynard as Mr. Walter Lea Died 2018 · Heath End, Surrey, England, UK Walter Frederick George Williams, better known by the stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor..

Dandy Nichols as Mrs. Lea Died 1986 · Fulham, London, England, UK From Wikipedia Dandy Nichols (21 May 1907 – 6 February 1986) was an English actress most noted for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the racially bigoted and misogynistic character...

Director Val Guest

Cast Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Linda Hayden, Bill Maynard, Dandy Nichols, Sheila White, John Le Mesurier, Richard Wattis, Joan Hickson, Melissa Stribling

Sofia Florina 4/10 Jun 03, 2025

As a **comedy film**, more precisely a **sex comedy**, of course this film contains humor and also some softcore sex scenes but it's very boring in my opinion. The plot of the film is plain and not tasteful. If you only look at the relationship between **Timothy Lea** (Robin Askwith), a very clumsy and lustful window cleaner, and **Elizabeth Radlett** (Linda Hayden), a mature and attractive police officer, this film is better as a romantic comedy.

It's not funny actually, the humors that I got only came from a few lines which were quite hard to find unless you actually watch the film from the beginning. The comedy is meant to come from Timothy's **clumsiness** while working as a window cleaner, which usually includes him not being able to control his lust for his 'customers', all of whom are attractive women. In the end, at least for me, it is more enjoyable to focus on the frequent female nudity.

However, even so, Timothy's very lustful behavior can be said to be purely his **innocence**. Oddly enough, the female characters are set up to easily receive a 'full service' from Timothy or Timmy. They are so confident and active, making Timmy a bit scared yet he likes it. This is quite a problem and it would make this film look like a softcore pornographic film where sex is as easy as that without having to pay attention to the characters, just the casts. So yes, the casts are good but not the characters.

Also, this film in a non-obvious way shows the class stratification which can be somewhat seen in Timmy's family and Elizabeth's family. Timmy's brother-in-law, Sidney Nogget (Anthony Booth), for whom Timmy works, also fills the situation, although I don't think this character is really necessary. Other people might have another thing to say about that but that's what I have noticed.

A quite poor film, at least watchable. The soundtrack for this film is catchy though, "This is Your Life Timmy Lea", very suitable for the whole film. I don't know whether this film is funny to British audiences, especially in the 1970s, to me it isn't. Not a good film if you are new to the sex comedy genre.

Quote from the film:
"Slowly Timmy, slowly, it's not a race."