Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema

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I finally got to meet my hero last year, shortly before what was to be his final appearance on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in November.

Coaxing the facts from previously reluctant interviewees, Simon Sheridan has compiled the first definitive filmography of this long-overlooked genre, complete with an expanded filmography and rare and previously unpublished stills. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman standing him in good stead, as he quipped “What better way for a potential Bond than to meet the producers. In fact, a few lines later I go on to summarise the plot of Ian Fleming’s short story ‘A View To A Kill’, which I’m not sure I should have been reading at 9.That summer, 300,000 lucky visitors swarmed into the park, immersing themselves in colourful, radical, witty, sometimes scatological art. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab .

It's only when I read the book, I realised I've seen far too many of the films mentioned in the text. In 1967, when Connery initially relinquished the role after You Only Live Twice, there was talk of Roger toplining a Cambodian-set version of Fleming’s posthumous 1965 bestseller, The Man With The Golden Gun but then he continued lucratively as Simon Templar until 1969. He is a popular broadcaster on cult and retro culture and is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines both in the UK and US.I found myself playing at least once a week, across the table, with Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. The author also points out correctly that in the UK at least somewhat equal opportunity was given to male nudity (leading to lots of unfortunate views of Robin Askwith, for example!