
Two teens head to London from 'up north', looking for the swinging lifestyle and a chance to make some easy money. Sound familiar? No, it isn't Smashing Time, this is Cool It Carol!, a 1969 film from Britain's king of exploitation Pete Walker, just released for the first time on DVD in the UK.
It's actually based on a true story (well, one from the News Of The World anyway), the tale of a young couple of couple from Shropshire who head to the bright lights of London. The couple are Joe (Robin Askwith - looking not unlike the Small Faces' Steve Marriott) and the stunning Carol (Janet Lynn), the former chasing a job in the motor trade, the latter looking for a career in modelling.
But it's all downhill as soon as they arrive. The money dries up, the jobs don't materialise and the London lifestyle takes its toll. Unable to even pay a cheap hotel bill, Carol goes for the easy money - selling her body. The money os good, but the seedy encounters with a string of grubby men is soul destroying. And when the couple get offered £100 to appear in a cheap stag movie, rock bottom has well and truly been hit.


With a title of Strip Nude For Your Killer, you can be sure this isn't family fodder for Christmas Day. But the latest Shameless DVD release is rock solid gialli, albeit one with a higher than average nipple count and to be honest, a slightly deceptive title.
For some reason, Lindsay Anderson's This Sporting Life tends to be forgotten when we list the great British movies. It shouldn't be - this is as good as it gets.






