Horny plumber, Sid, enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.Horny plumber, Sid, enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.Horny plumber, Sid, enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.
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- TriviaElaine Paige attempted to have her name removed from the advertisements for the film after she became famous in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Evita".
- GoofsElaine Paige is shown as playing "Daisy" in the end-credits, yet throughout her scenes she is referred to as "Susie".
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Best of the Adventures (1981)
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Written and Performed by Christopher Neil
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The third and last of director Stanley Long's 'Adventures of...' sex comedies, Plumber's Mate sees Christopher Neil once again taking the lead, this time as opportunistic, randy, Jack-the-lad Sidney South, who, up to his neck in debt and facing a severe pummelling, takes on a series of illegal jobs to try and earn some much needed readies. Meanwhile, a gangster and his crony want a word with Sid about a missing toilet seat that is far more valuable than it seems...
Another attempt by Long to emulate the success of the popular Confessions series, Plumber's mate misses the mark thanks to a lack of decent laughs and a central character who is nowhere near as lovable as Robin Askwith's hapless chump Timmy Lea: as amiable as he may seem, Sid is still a gambler, a misogynistic love-rat, and a petty criminal, willing to flout serious laws in order to save his own bacon. It's hard to side with such a no-hoper, or to find his desperate antics all that hilarious.
That said, while nowhere near as funny or as good-natured as the convivial Confessions films, Plumber's Mate still manages to be mildly diverting nonsense thanks to its endless stream of full-on nudity from a bevy of beauties, and a fun supporting cast that features many faces that will be all too familiar to fans of 70s British TV (Stephen 'Blakey' Lewis, Willie Rushton, Elaine Paige, Arthur Mullard, and Christopher Biggins, to name but a few).
4.5/10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.
Another attempt by Long to emulate the success of the popular Confessions series, Plumber's mate misses the mark thanks to a lack of decent laughs and a central character who is nowhere near as lovable as Robin Askwith's hapless chump Timmy Lea: as amiable as he may seem, Sid is still a gambler, a misogynistic love-rat, and a petty criminal, willing to flout serious laws in order to save his own bacon. It's hard to side with such a no-hoper, or to find his desperate antics all that hilarious.
That said, while nowhere near as funny or as good-natured as the convivial Confessions films, Plumber's Mate still manages to be mildly diverting nonsense thanks to its endless stream of full-on nudity from a bevy of beauties, and a fun supporting cast that features many faces that will be all too familiar to fans of 70s British TV (Stephen 'Blakey' Lewis, Willie Rushton, Elaine Paige, Arthur Mullard, and Christopher Biggins, to name but a few).
4.5/10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.
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- Benny, der Pechvogel
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- St Mary Abbots Hospital - demolished, Marloes Road, Kensington, London, England, UK("St Martin's Hospital")
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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