The Brit humor doesn't transfer to a foreign audience.

As a **comedy film**, more precisely a **sex comedy**, of course this film contains humor and also some softcore sex scenes but it's very boring in my opinion. The plot of the film is plain and not tasteful. If you only look at the relationship between **Timothy Lea** (Robin Askwith), a very clumsy and lustful window cleaner, and **Elizabeth Radlett** (Linda Hayden), a mature and attractive police officer, this film is better as a romantic comedy. It's not funny actually, the humors that I got only came from a few lines which were quite hard to find unless you actually watch the film from the beginning. The comedy is meant to come from Timothy's **clumsiness** while working as a window cleaner, which usually includes him not being able to control his lust for his 'customers', all of whom are attractive women. In the end, at least for me, it is more enjoyable to focus on the frequent female nudity. However, even so, Timothy's very lustful behavior can be said to be purely his **innocence**. Oddly enough, the female characters are set up to easily receive a 'full service' from Timothy or Timmy. They are so confident and active, making Timmy a bit scared yet he likes it. This is quite a problem and it would make this film look like a softcore pornographic film where sex is as easy as that without having to pay attention to the characters, just the casts. So yes, the casts are go…

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