Confessions of a Driving Instructor

"He's a sex maniac Mr Truscott, a sex maniac!" Young randy Timothy Lee and his brother-in-law Sid open up a driving school, the young lady learners can't take their hands off Tim's gear stick (pun intended, ha, ha!). They have a rivalry with a far more established and neighbouring school, owned by kilt wearing Scotsman Mr Truscott. I did not watch the "Confessions" movies in sequence but this is now my final review of them, I enjoyed "Window Cleaner" but was not very impressed with either "Pop Performer" or "Holiday Camp". This, the third movie in the series, is easily the best of the three sequels in my eyes, and probably the only one that I'd care to watch again. The always likeable Robin Askwith is back as Timmy but it is Windsor Davies as Truscott that gets my vote for best character in this film. As with the other entries expect much "Carry On" style farcical comedy but with more sex and nudity. Askwith gets naked with a number of attractive women but it is always very brief and played for laughs as opposed to pornography. Some of the comedy is just plain silly but there were a few funny laugh out loud moments too. The final part of the plot has an hilarious rugby match followed by a car chase, the film does contain some good stunts (and not just during this final part). As someone with an interest in old classics I loved seeing all the vehicles from the period. There is not much swearing to be heard but expect some language that would now be considered politically incorrect. On a trivia note Lewis Collins, who went on to gain fame in the British TV series "The Professionals", plays one of the rugby players. I have scored this 7/10, same as Window, but if I could I'd give it 6.5.

Despite having a good cast the film is let down by an abysmal script although I enjoyed some of the jokes it is not a film I would recommend to anyone. Robin Askwith in my opinion could have done alot better but was wasted in the confessions series and why the likes of Windsor Davies and John Le Mesuier appeared is beyond me as both had careers at the time.

This is more of the same in this series of four films starring Robin Askwith as Timothy Lea. In this film, he becomes a driving instructor (the opening sequence in how he becomes one is predictable but funny) and works for Sid (Anthony Booth), his brother in law. There is lots of nudity (even a Scottish Pipe Band gets stripped!), but this film benefits from supporting roles, most notably Irene Handl as Miss Slenderpants, vying to finally get her license after 43 tries and Liz Fraser, still sexy and fun. This is a check your brains at the door sex comedy, but to me its the best of the four, since it doesn't rely only on the sexual escapades. Films like this were hugely popular then, so it was successful. Its not bad.

Another reviewer might have said the Confessions films were cr*p. Driving Instructor is arguably the least worst of the series, but they are one star pictures - if not Bombs. I find this film worth a look for historical interest. Anthony Booth is always dreadful; Robin Askwith a bit more likeable.

This is probably the weakest of the British "Confessions of" series which was generally inferior (albeit much more nudity-saturated) than the much longer running "Carry On" series. Still, if you're talking about British T and A films (I guess that would be "teats and arses"), the "Confessions of" series was the top of the heap, and even this weaker entry is a lot better than most. In this entry (which follows the superior "Confessions of a Pop Performer") Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sid have opened up a driving school. All of their customers, of course, are beautiful, sex-crazed women except for one half-blind septuagenarian (Irene Handl). And, of course, they're ALL terrible drivers. As usual "Timmy" has a truly ridiculous amount of sex, but true love--this time with the rugby-obsessed daughter (Linda Bellingham) of the owners of a rival driving school--continues to elude him.

Robin Askwith who plays "Timmy" is about the same as ever, but his goofy family--brother-in-law Sid, his housewife sister, and his cantankerous provincial parents--again provide the best comedy. Bellingham, who was the wife of the producer, probably benefited from nepotism to some extent because she is pretty weak, especially compared to Linda Hayden who typically played the main love interest in these. As for the rest of the girls, you get to see all of Suzy Mandel, but not enough of her as she only has a small part. Sally Faulkner too has a small part as a "golf widow" who somehow ends up up naked in a sand-trap with "Timmy" while her negligent husband plays a round of golf. Faulkner was not ridiculously sexy like Mandel or Mary Millington, but she always made the most of these small comedy-type roles (she also appeared in Jose Larraz's "Vampyres" and later played Glory Annnen's murderous lesbian lover in Norman J. Warren's "Prey").

It really depends on what you compare it to, but I would probably recommend this. It's funnier than most T and A films, and has more T and A than most of the funnier Britidsh films.