An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.
Anthony Franciosa
- Ric Colby
- (as Tony Franciosa)
Lance LeGault
- Warren
- (as Lance Le Gault)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaIn her autobiography "Speed Bumps" Teri Garr (in 1965, a young background dancer) reveals she was Ann-Margret's double for many shots in the body painting sequence and that the long and messy shoot involved wallowing in colored pudding for hours.
- GoofsWhen Karen and her father leave the house in the limo, shadows of the camera and crew can be seen on the side of the car.
- Quotes
Sir Hubert Charles: Sir Hubert doesn't like a challenge! Sir Hubert likes a sure thing!
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Underground: The Swinger (2009)
- SoundtracksThat Old Black Magic
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Music by Harold Arlen
Performed by Ann-Margret (uncredited)
Featured review
Bumping and grinding to a halt...
Ann-Margret alternates between come-hither pussycat and uptight do-gooder playing a would-be writer who attempts to pass herself off as sexually depraved in order to get a deal with a sleazy men's magazine. The problem with this picture is the very same predicament Annie faces: it's a square piece of goods palming itself off as naughty. The opening montage of sex-clubs is amusing, and A-M is energetic bouncing around on a trampoline, but the movie is talky, draggy, and seemingly produced on the cheap. Tony Franciosa doesn't work very well with Ann-Margret (he squirms too much, which isn't good for the romantic sub-plot). A few clever gimmicks--like the teaser ending, which caught me off guard--and Ann-Margret's shapely figure compensate, but "The Swinger" just doesn't swing. Perhaps a director with a sharper flair for visual slapstick and satire (like Frank Tashlin) may have brought out a more cartoony sensibility to these proceedings. George Sidney certainly tries, but he's too literal for the flighty material; while staging a mock-orgy, he has Ann-Margret writhing around on the floor slathered in paint...wouldn't straight sex be cleaner? ** from ****
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- moonspinner55
- May 15, 2006
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