Some Like It Cool

Some Like It Cool is a 1961 British naturist film directed by Michael Winner and starring Julie Wilson and Marc Roland.^[2]

Some Like It Cool
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Winner
Written by	Michael Winner
Produced by	Adrienne Fancey
Starring	Julie Wilson Marc Roland
Music by	Jackie Brown Cy Payne
Distributed by	S F Films
Release date	May 1961 (1961-05)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£9,000[1]

Plot

Jill likes to sunbathe in the nude and persuades her fiancé Roger to visit a nudist camp on their honeymoon.

Production

It was partly filmed at the Marquess of Bath's estate at Longleat.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Julie Wilson as Jill
• Marc Roland as Roger
• Wendy Smith as Joy
• Brian Jackson as Mike Hall
• Thalia Vickers as Jill Clark
• Douglas Muir as Colonel Willoughby-Muir
• Vicki Smith as partygoer

Box office

Michael Winner liked to boast that the film's budget was recouped in two weeks.^[3]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This painfully amateurish nudist film carries the usual promotional arguments, with happy, healthy naturists, crabbed opponents, and the sort of nudist goings-on which wouldn't bring a blush to a church outing."^[4]

Kine Weekly wrote: "Titillating, yet innocuous British gimick offering. ... The production visits several established nudist camps and its artless tale of victory over prejudice blithely bounces from one amply uphostered posterior to another until it arrives at its conventional happy ending. Thalia Vickers and Mark Rolland act adequately as Jill and Roger, Douglas Muir "hams" effectively as Colonel Willoughby-Muir, and Julie Wilson, the well-known naturist, appears. The rest strip reasonably well. A clean romp in the "altogether", it's currently turned the Cinephone, Oxford Street, into the commercial travellers' Mecca."^[5]

See also

• List of British films of 1961