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Dans les mailles du filet

Original title: The System
  • 1964
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
927
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Oliver Reed and Jane Merrow in Dans les mailles du filet (1964)
Drama

In a seaside town, local men pursue summer tourists for casual flings. Their leader, a photographer named Tinker, unexpectedly falls for a wealthy model, realizing the dynamic of exploitatio... Read allIn a seaside town, local men pursue summer tourists for casual flings. Their leader, a photographer named Tinker, unexpectedly falls for a wealthy model, realizing the dynamic of exploitation may be reversed.In a seaside town, local men pursue summer tourists for casual flings. Their leader, a photographer named Tinker, unexpectedly falls for a wealthy model, realizing the dynamic of exploitation may be reversed.

  • Director
    • Michael Winner
  • Writer
    • Peter Draper
  • Stars
    • Oliver Reed
    • Jane Merrow
    • Barbara Ferris
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    927
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Winner
    • Writer
      • Peter Draper
    • Stars
      • Oliver Reed
      • Jane Merrow
      • Barbara Ferris
    • 24User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Oliver Reed
    Oliver Reed
    • Tinker
    Jane Merrow
    Jane Merrow
    • Nicola
    Barbara Ferris
    Barbara Ferris
    • Suzy
    Harry Andrews
    Harry Andrews
    • Larsey
    Julia Foster
    Julia Foster
    • Lorna
    Andrew Ray
    Andrew Ray
    • Willy
    John Alderton
    John Alderton
    • Nidge
    Ann Lynn
    Ann Lynn
    • Ella
    Iain Gregory
    • Sammy
    John Porter-Davison
    • Grib
    • (as John Porter Davison)
    Clive Colin Bowler
    • Sneakers
    David Hemmings
    David Hemmings
    • David
    Guy Doleman
    Guy Doleman
    • Philip
    Gwendolyn Watts
    • First Class Girl
    • (as Gwendoline Watts)
    Stephanie Beaumont
    • Marianne
    • (uncredited)
    Victor Brooks
    • Club Manager
    • (uncredited)
    Susan Burnet
    • Jasmin
    • (uncredited)
    Jeremy Burnham
    Jeremy Burnham
    • Ivor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael Winner
    • Writer
      • Peter Draper
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    didi-5

    early lead role for Oliver Reed

    "The System" was both the first time director Michael Winner had ventured away from films featuring pop groups to something more serious and representative of the 60s, and the first time Oliver Reed had a lead role that wasn't in a Hammer horror. The scene where you see him for the first time in the camera range gives you some idea of what kind of screen presence he had before the booze became more important than the image. As Tinker the photographer, the leader of a randy gang in Brighton, Reed is exceptionally good, and also in the cast are John Alderton, David Hemmings, and Andrew Ray, all offering good support. The film gets under the skin of the decade and manages to be interesting to watch as well.
    9mrpeterrobertson

    Even today it's a great film

    I first saw this film when it was released (in 1964) and it had a profound effect on me then, imagine my surprise when I saw it in the middle of the night on TV a few days ago and it hasn't lost any of it's freshness. Oliver Reed is brilliant, as he always was before he took to the bottle, and the idea of the girl turning the tables on the cock-sure man is executed magnificently. Furthermore the quote that I remember for forty years still rang true (Harry Andrews, a photographer, says "we're here to make memories" and Oliver Reed's reply "I thought we were here to make money"). People may laugh at Michale Winner now but this was god, very good. Even today.
    sinbad-7

    One of Oliver Reed's early works to remind us of his lost but not forgotten talent (Died 2nd May 99)

    With the Girl-Getters or The System as it was shown to be when i lived in the UK is a tale of misspent youth on a Southern England coastal town. Like many of these towns the folk lay dormant for most of the year until the summer comes, and with it trade in the form of tourism. This was in a time before the package tour and the Costa-del-slosh that most of the young men have reverted to. This was a time when a virile young male spent his days prowling the promenade in search of his prey. The system was a cunning plan thought up by Tinker played brilliantly by the late Oliver Reed, was to a method of getting as much action of the female variety as possible. I will not ruin the surprise by revealing what the system exactly entails but needless to say it works with measured success. Until that is Tinker falls fowl of his own tricks and has his heart broken by a more fiestly young lady with a nice sports car and a wealthy father. The Soundtrack is particularly commendable as can be gleaned from the opening titles, and continues with a particulary mod beat. I particularly enjoyed the film as I am of the same age as Reed in the film and it is good to see that little has changed in our quest for summer fun except for perhaps the fashion of the time and hairstyles. Or has it.
    7christopher-underwood

    the mid 60's in Britain were still much like the 50's, except with teenagers

    You might think that by 1964 the world was all swinging sophistication, but no it was like this, I remember. I had recently started working, in a bank. It was hand written ledgers and an outside toilet! Yep, life revolved a fair bit around getting girls and then making sure you didn't get them pregnant and then 'having to get married'. Everyone is s bit too old here, of course, although David Hemmings looks like a little angel. Oliver Reed puts in a good performance as the leader although it's hard at the end to take his more introspective ponderings. Great direction by Michael Winner, there not many people have said that, and the movie speeds along with some excellent sequences, especially the wedding celebration on the beach, played more like a wake. Winner is an under rated director, he did a couple of others of this ilk, then I like his Innocents and there is Death Wish. I liked the hated Death Weekend but in general his career went downhill and it stops people giving the earlier films a chance. Well worth watching, if only to appreciate that the mid 60's in Britain were still much like the 50's, except with teenagers.
    pitz42

    Early Reed, early Winner, British classic

    Whenever you question the quality of both Michael Winner and the late Oliver Reed's films in recent years don't judge them until you go back to the sixties where they both started out.

    Here is a very low budget and rarely seen little movie that shows both the potential of both star and director.

    Made two years before Michael Caine's ALFIE, THE SYSTEM takes a look at similar themes, having a good time while you're young and pulling birds. It is of course seen through the eyes of the male perspective as Ollie and pals Andrew Ray, John Alderton and David Hemmings go on a sexual rampage in a seaside town of Britain.

    Winner helped launch the career of Oliver Reed and they worked together again several times throughout the sixties but this early piece of nostalgic British cinema is worth a look especially if you were a teenager in the early sixties.

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    • Trivia
      Jane Merrow replaced Julie Christie who was unavailable.
    • Goofs
      The film begins with two of the main characters racing to catch a train, a 3 car DMU. They manage to board the train, but once aboard and talking to a ticket inspector, they are now in a corridor carriage and not a DMU car.

      Later the train is shown at Dawlish, by the sea, hauled by a Class 42 or 43 loco. So, clearly not a DMU.

      Finally the train arrives at Roxham. The train is now hauled by a Class 22. Visually quite different from a Class 42/43. And certainly not a DMU.
    • Quotes

      Tinker: I got a heart of gold, baby.

      Suzy: Darling, if you had a heart of gold you'd have sold it years ago.

    • Connections
      Referenced in For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      The System
      Composed by Robert Richards (as Bobby Richards)

      Lyric by Mike Pratt

      Sung by The Searchers

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 1964 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • The Girl-Getters
    • Filming locations
      • Brixham, Devon, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Kenneth Shipman Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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