Rent Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)
3.5 of 5 from 78 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Kath (Beryl Reid) is a bored, middle aged woman living in the suburbs with her aging father Kemp (Alan Webb). One day she encounters the handsome and sexy Sloane (Peter McEnery) languidly sunbathing on a tombstone in the cemetery near her home. Instantly attracted to him, she invites him to become a lodger in her home, resulting in a tangled web of manipulation, jealousy and tragedy...
- Actors:
- Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb, Charles Sinnickson
- Directors:
- Douglas Hickox
- Producers:
- Douglas Kentish
- Writers:
- Clive Exton, Joe Orton
- Studio:
- 2 Entertain
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Horror, Lesbian & Gay
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch Next If You Liked: Prick Up Your Ears, A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Drama Films & TV, Films to Watch If You Like...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/08/2017
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- "Leonie Orton: Remembering Joe" - Interview with Leonie Orton, Author of "I Had It In Me"
- "John Lahr on Joe Orton" - Interview with John Lahr, Author of "Prick Up Your Ears" and Editor of "The Orton Diaries"
- An Interview with Peter Mcenery
- Locations Featurette
- Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Period Comedy. - Entertaining Mr. Sloane review by Steve
Joe Orton's sex comedy was a landmark on stage in 1964 for its brash, unambiguous representation of male homosexuality. By the time it was adapted into a film, its themes weren't as unconventional, and now it's a period piece which reflects long ago values. And this is its principle interest today. And the bouncy theme song by Georgie Fame.
Peter McEnery is Sloane, a serial killer who lodges with a sexually predatory older woman (Beryl Reid) and attracts the interest of her closeted gay brother (Harry Andrews). Their decrepit father (Alan Webb) reckons he can link the newcomer with the murder of a local man...
Well... there's no incest! The set up is cursory, it's a background which allows Orton to take aim at sixties social conventions just as they were being shrugged off. This is an extremely unwholesome black comedy. Not just because the characters are so disinterested in ethical consequences, but because of how ugly and grimy is their environment.
This must have been an interesting role for Harry Andrew, who was gay, which was only decriminalised in 1967. Douglas Hickox normally worked on tv, but he directs for the big screen with psychedelic exuberance. It runs out of energy in the second half, and it's not particularly funny. It's a dark, amoral portrait of another side of the sixties.
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