In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the leader of the group, Tinker, a strolling photographer, aims to conquer a fashion model from a well-to-do family, but he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love. The tables thus turned, Tinker begins to see that maybe it's not the tourists who are being used in these sexual games.
Acting
Oliver Reed's swagger curdling into vulnerability — career-defining.
Cinematography
Seaside Britain never looked this simultaneously gorgeous and grimy.
Direction
Michael Winner's early promise before he became a punchline.
Director
Michael Winner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Winner adapted this from his own novel, and the 'Doll's House' nightclub was a real Torquay hotspot.
This predates Alfie by two years and arguably does the 'unreliable lothario narrator' better — but Reed was never the leading man Michael Caine became.
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