Adventures of a Taxi Driver

Adventures of a Taxi Driver is a 1976 British sex comedy film directed by Stanley Long and starring Barry Evans, Judy Geeson and Adrienne Posta.^[3] There are two sequels, Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978).

Adventures of a Taxi Driver
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stanley Long
Written by	Suzanne Mercer Stanley Long
Produced by	Stanley Long Peter Long Michael Armstrong
Starring	Barry Evans Judy Geeson Adrienne Posta
Cinematography	Peter Sinclair
Edited by	Joe Gannon
Distributed by	Salon Productions
Release date	23 May 1976 (1976-05-23)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£30,000[1][2]

Cast

• Barry Evans as Joe North
• Judy Geeson as Nikki
• Adrienne Posta as Carol
• Diana Dors as Mrs. North
• Liz Fraser as Maisie
• Ian Lavender as Ronald
• Robert Lindsay as Tom
• Jane Hayden as Linda
• Stephen Lewis as Doorman
• Henry McGee as Inspector Rogers
• Angela Scoular as Marion
• Brian Wilde as Harold
• Anna Bergman as Helga
• Prudence Drage as Mrs De Vere Barker

Production

Long worked on the script with Suzanne Mercer. Long financed the film entirely himself and shot it on 16mm.^[2]

It was one of a number of British sex comedies featuring Diana Dors.^[4] The theme song "Cruisin' Casanova" was performed by Adrienne Posta.

Reception

Box office

The movie was a huge box office success.^[2] It was the 19th most successful film at the British box office in 1976.^[5]

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "A crass, lobotomised production, with no discernible style, humour or purpose. Stanley Long draws irritatingly smug performances from Barry Evans, Judy Geeson and, particularly, Adrienne Posta; and his view of women and sex is more objectionable than that of the most passionless, clinical, primitively shot stag movie."^[6]

The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Back in the 1970s, smutty comedies such as this were the order of the day for comedy actors trying to break into movies. Barry Evans, who came to prominence in the Doctor in the House TV series, plays a cabbie who moves away from his nagging family and enjoys a number of amorous encounters."^[7]