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Private Lessons
Private Lessons

Private Lessons

When EMANUELLE's Sylvia Kristel is your teacher the bedroom is the classroom

Genres

ComedyRomance

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Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund.

Others

Budget

$2800000

Revenue

$26279000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

01 May 1981

Country

United States of America

Cast

Sylvia Kristel

Sylvia Kristel

Mallow

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Lester

Eric Brown

Eric Brown

Philly

Patrick Piccininni

Patrick Piccininni

Sherman

Ed Begley Jr.

Ed Begley Jr.

Jack Travis

Pamela Jean Bryant

Pamela Jean Bryant

Joyce

Meridith Baer

Meridith Baer

Miss Phipps

Ron Foster

Ron Foster

Fillmore

Peter Elbling

Peter Elbling

Waiter

Beans Morocco

Beans Morocco

Green

Dan Greenburg

Dan Greenburg

Hotel Owner

Marian Gibson

Marian Gibson

Florence

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