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A London fashion columnist trades glamour for hypocrisy in Pete Walker's cheeky morality send-up.

FOR MEN ONLY

1968 · 59m · NR · Comedy · IMDB TMDB

A sophisticated London fashion columnist takes a job with a small-town publisher and "moral crusader", much to the dismay of her rich, jealous boyfriend. The "crusader", however, turns out to be not quite what he says he is.

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What is For Men Only about?

For Men Only is a 1968 British comedy directed by Pete Walker about a fashion columnist who joins a moral reform magazine, only to discover his new boss is secretly running a girlie magazine.

Synopsis

Freddie Horne loves his job working for a trendy women’s fashion magazine, but his pretty blonde fiancée is getting jealous. To smooth things over Freddie takes a job with the Puritan Magazine Group, an organisation hell-bent on promoting moral reform and ‘family values’. However, the caddish chief executive Miles Fanthorpe is not all he seems. Fanthorpe’s country house is actually full of scantily-clad young women, and he is secretly publishing a girlie magazine!
Details & Specs
Director
Pete Walker
Writer
Pete Walker
Release
1968
Runtime
59m
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genres
Comedy
Also Known As
Hot Girls for Men Only, I Like Birds

Why Cult

Morality vs. Hypocrisy

Watch as supposed defenders of virtue are unmasked as purveyors of pin-ups—British comedy with a wink.

Fashion Magazine Farce

From trendy women's mags to a faux-puritan publisher, the film skewers both glamour and prudery.

Pete Walker Early Comedy

Before his horror films, Walker crafted this cheeky, sub-hour satire dripping with British innuendo.

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Questions from the Vault

What is For Men Only about? +

For Men Only follows Freddie Horne, who leaves his job at a women's fashion magazine for a moral reform publisher, only to find his new boss is running a secret girlie magazine.

Who directed For Men Only? +

For Men Only was directed by Pete Walker.

How long is For Men Only? +

For Men Only has a runtime of 59 minutes.

What genre is For Men Only? +

For Men Only is a comedy.

When was For Men Only released? +

For Men Only was released in 1968.