Can You Keep It Up for a Week?

Can You Keep It Up For A Week?
Can You Keep It Up For A Week?
Directed by	Jim Atkinson
Written by	Robin Gough
Starring	Jeremy Bulloch; Neil Hallett; Jill Damas; Sue Longhurst; Richard O'Sullivan; Valerie Leon
Cinematography	Ricky Briggs
Edited by	David Docker
Music by	Dave Quincy
Production; company	Pyramid Films
Release date	1974
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Can You Keep It Up For A Week? is a 1974 British sex comedy film.^[1]

Plot[]

Accident-prone Gil wants a steady job but is dismissed by every company that recruits him due to his unfortunate habit of ending up in sexually embarrassing situations. His girlfriend Annette says that she will marry him only if he can stay employed for at least a week. Hired by Mr Grimwood's cleaning company "Here To Service You", Gil is unwittingly drawn into a series of bawdy misadventures: sharing a bath with a married woman and getting caught by her husband; having a threesome with a hospital patient and a woman doctor, followed by a foursome with Annette, Grimwood and a woman psychologist; awkward encounters with a gay man and a lesbian; and getting caught by Annette playing strip poker with a group of women. Incredibly, Gil remains in his job, so Annette asks Grimwood to fire him, not knowing that Gil's employer wants to seduce her himself. Gil foils this plot and Annette marries him, but before the couple can have their wedding night Gil collapses on the bed and passes out from exhaustion.

Cast[]

Jeremy Bulloch as Gil
Sue Longhurst as Mrs Bristol
Neil Hallett as Gerry Grimwood
Richard O'Sullivan as Mr Rose
Valerie Leon as Miss Hampton
as Annette
as Mrs Hobson
Mark Singleton as Mr Hobson
Joy Harington as Mrs Grimwood
as Dr Livingstone
as Sue Anne Stanley
Stephanie Marrian as Lesley
as Baby Doll
as Pam
as Gigi
as Receptionist
as Secretary
as Mechanic
as Lady Driver
as Car Wash Customer
as Madam Chairman
as Applicant
as Secretary
as Sailor
as The D.O.G.
as John Thomas
as Male Streaker
as Female Streaker

Critical response[]

Writing for The Monthly Film Bulletin, David McGillivray listed the film's "fundamental deficiencies" as "dreary sexual encounters, rudimentary direction and 94 minutes of witless Old English puns (the title is a fair example)." He likened the "episodic" plot to those of other sex comedies Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman (1973) and Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974).^[2]

References[]

^ CAN YOU KEEP IT UP FOR A WEEK? Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 41, Iss. 480, (Jan 1, 1974): 270.
^ McGillivray, David (December 1974). "Can You Keep It Up For A Week?". The Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 41 no. 491. London, UK: British Film Institute. p. 270. ISSN 0027-0407. OCLC 2594020.

External links[]

Can You Keep It Up for a Week? at IMDb
Can You Keep It Up for a Week? at bfi.org.uk
Can You Keep It Up for a Week? at British Comedy Film

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[1] CAN YOU KEEP IT UP FOR A WEEK? Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 41, Iss. 480, (Jan 1, 1974): 270.

[2] McGillivray, David (December 1974). "Can You Keep It Up For A Week?". The Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 41 no. 491. London, UK: British Film Institute. p. 270. ISSN 0027-0407. OCLC 2594020.

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