tiffany jones (1973)

aka Tales of Tiffany Jones.
Tiffany (Anouska Hempel) is a model, in swinging London, who gets involved in an attempted coup d'etat against a foreign dictator, whilst he is in London on a trade mission. The dictator takes a fancy to Tiffany after seeing her in a newspaper, and tries to get to know her, which basically involves her shedding her clothes at any given moment.
This is a loose adaptation of a British newspaper comic strip about the daily life of a fashion model. Obviously this was deemed not interesting enough for a film so they added a spy twist. They then produced a cheap and not so cheerful film, which like most British sex comedies of the period promises more than it delivers; pitifully little sex, and definitely no comedy. Hempel, now a famous hotelier and designer, reputedly bought the rights to this film to prevent it ever been shown again. I don't know what she's worried about, not many would want to sit through this anyway!

die screaming marianne (1971)

aka Die, Beautiful Marianne.
Sebastian (Christopher Sandford), almost runs over Marianne (Susan George), whilst she is on the run in Spain. Two weeks later, back in Britain he springs marriage on her, which she is less than enthusiastic about, but goes through with. But she deliberately gets the marriage certificate to name Eli (Barry Evans), the best man, as her groom then leaves. Eli finds her and invites her to stay with him whilst she works things out. There follows a tale of cat and mouse intrigue, inheritance and a family that will to do anything to stop Marianne receiving it.
A slow moving tale, that shows promise, but due to pacing and a clunky script never catches fire. It's either an understated thriller, or just plain lackluster depending on your boredom threshold.

cool it carol (1970)

aka The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met.
Carol (Janet Lynn) is a pretty girl who dreams about becoming a model. While Joe (Robin Askwith) fancies working for a high-end car dealership. Together they move to what they believe is swinging London, but soon their dreams become compromised and unravel, as they are forced to turn to prostitution, drugs, rip-offs and vice.
The film starts off gently enough as what seems to be a sex comedy but once in London it soon becomes a cautionary-tale about the evils of city life, supposedly based on a true story. And this is where the problems lie, at some points we are supposed to laugh at the couple and their naivety and in the next scene we are supposed to view the sober truth as they struggle to survive amid the hustlers. What it does give though is an interesting look at London in the late sixties, its fashions, shops and clubs.

the comeback (1978)

aka Encore. The Day the Screaming Stopped.
Jack Jones plays a recently divorced singer on the come back trail, who rents a country mansion to get away from it all. Unbeknown to him his ex-wife has already fallen victim to the killer. But who is the old crone that's offing people?
A surprisingly OK little slasher movie, if a little slowly paced at times.

house of whipcord (1974)

AKA Photographer's Models.

Whilst the Italians were wandering the British countryside making zombie films, Peter Walker was putting together this little exploitation horror/women in prison film. A young model is taken to meet a mysterious man's parents, who turn out to run a prison punishing 'immoral' young women. Whilst the model tries to escape, her room-mate becomes worried at her disappearance and turns detective. Though slow paced at times, this is fun and well put together.