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Personal Services

Personal Services

The future lies in kinky people

19876.01h 45m

Overview

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.

Directed by Terry Jones
Written by David Leland
Produced by Tim Bevan
Box Office0Revenue: $1.7M

Top Cast

Julie Walters

Julie Walters

Christine Painter

Shirley Stelfox

Shirley Stelfox

Shirley

Alec McCowen

Alec McCowen

Wing Commander Morten

Danny Schiller

Danny Schiller

Dolly

Tim Woodward

Tim Woodward

Timms

Suzette Llewellyn

Suzette Llewellyn

Helen

V

Victoria Hardcastle

Rose

D

Dave Atkins

Sydney

Ewan Hooper

Ewan Hooper

Edward

Alan Bowyer

Alan Bowyer

David Painter

Themes & Keywords

politicssex scandalbased on true storyprostitutionmadamebrothel madamgay theme

About Personal Services

Personal Services is a comedy film released in 1987 exploring themes of politics, sex scandal, based on true story, prostitution, madame, brothel madam. Directed by Terry Jones, it stars Julie Walters, Shirley Stelfox, Alec McCowen. 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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