Main Cast: Oliver Reed, Jane Merrow, Barbara Ferris, Julia Foster, David Hemmings, Ann Lynn
Release Year: 1966
Country: UK
Run Time: 93 minutes
Plot
The System is a "Swinging London" comedy with an unsettling undercurrent of bitterness and cynicism. Oliver Reed plays a girlie-magazine photographer, the self-appointed leader of a group of handsome but unscrupulous bachelors who hang out in a British seaside resort. Their avowed goal is to seduce and abandon as many wealthy young girls as possible. One of the group, jealous of Reed's success, uses their "system" to hoist the leader on his own petard. Michael Winner solidified his reputation as a "mod" director in The System--and also displayed his utter contempt for the pretty young people he depicts. The film was released to the US under the more bankable title The Girl Getters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Guy Doleman - Philip; Derek Nimmo - James; Andrew Ray - Willy; John Porter Davison - Grib; Clive Colin Bowler - Sneakers; Iain Gregory - Sammy; Mark Burns - Michael; Pauline Munroe - Sylvie; Harry Andrews - Larsey; Susan Burnet - Jasmin; Victor Winding - Stan Atty; John Alderton - Nidge; Jeremy Burnham - Ivor; Derek Newark - Alfred; Gwendolyn Watts; Talitha Pol - Helga; Dora Reisser - Ingrid
Credit
Geoffrey Tozer - Art Director, George Fowler - Associate Producer, Bridget Sellers - Costume Designer, Michael Winner - Director, Fred Burnley - Editor, Stanley Black - Composer (Music Score), Mike Pratt - Songwriter, Bobby Richards - Songwriter, Gerry Fletcher - Makeup, Nicolas Roeg - Cinematographer, Clifton Brandon - Production Manager, Kenneth Shipman - Producer, Peter Draper - Screenwriter
