Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become the madam of a brothel and earn her financial freedom: she opens a house of spanking to fabulous reviews.
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Julie Walters
Christine Painter
Shirley Stelfox
Shirley
Alec McCowen
Wing Commander Morten
Danny Schiller
Dolly
Tim Woodward
Timms
Suzette Llewellyn
Helen
Victoria Hardcastle
Rose
Dave Atkins
Sydney
Ewan Hooper
Edward
Alan Bowyer
David Painter
Director
Terry Jones
Tagline
"The future lies in kinky people"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$1,744,164
Production
British Screen Productions, Zenith Entertainment, United International Pictures
CinemaSerf
July 24, 2023
Julie Walters is great in this story of a woman who starts off life working in a café but ends up being arrested for living off the immoral earnings made running a brothel for the great and the good. It's loosely based on the rise and fall of the renowned madam Cynthia Payne (who consulted on the drama) and reaches inside the murky sex industry, laying bare peccadilloes galore as we discover a wid...
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