The Knack... and How to Get It

Original title: The Knack ...and How to Get It

1965
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1h 24m

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6.3/10

3.8K

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Rita Tushingham in The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)

Cool, sophisticated Tolen (Ray Brooks) has a monopoly on womanizing - with a long like of conquests to prove it - while the naïve, awkward Colin (Michael Crawford) desperately wants a piece of it. But when Colin falls for an innocent country girl (Rita Tushingham), it's not long before the self-assured Tolen moves in for the kill. Is all fair in love and war, or can Colin get the the knack and beat Tolen at his own game?

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A young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.A young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.A young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

3.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 6 BAFTA Awards
- 5 wins & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
The Ann Jellicoe play on which this movie is based is a much straighter affair. When Richard Lester came on board, he added his own unique touches such as straight-to-camera direct addresses, humorous subtitles and a Greek chorus of disapproving members of "the older generation".

Quotes
Nancy Jones: Rape!
Woman in House: Not today thank you.

Crazy credits
The closing credits (cast and crew) consist of rows of identical photographs and character/actor names, arranged like a series of photographer's contact prints of a strip of negatives.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties: Northern Lights (1993)

Soundtracks
The Knack (Main Theme)
Written by John Barry

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Featured review

8/10

youthful British cinema

A young and sexually frustrated school teacher rents out a room in his old house to a hip drummer with a motorcycle who is an expert at seduction in the hope of learning how he does it. Crazy editing and a haphazard style make it a challenge for those of us brought up on westerns and film noirs. A youth movie for the 60's with Rita Tushingham who seemed to embody that period of youthful British cinema, with a decidedly British humor and a take on society and sex, all wrapped up in the anarchy of free form movie making. Similar in style to Lester's "Hard Day's Night" but without the Beatles to carry it, this film relies more on the patience of the viewer, as it has a nice little story within the chaos.