A week of slapstick, sexcapades, and job-juggling in bawdy 1970s London.
CAN YOU KEEP IT UP FOR A WEEK?
Blundering idiot is set an ultimatum by his girlfriend. Keep a job for a week or she leaves him. Only innuendo and comedy pratfalls can stop him. No man was asked to do so much, by so many, in so little time . . .
Quick Answer
Can You Keep It Up for a Week? is a 1975 British comedy film directed by Jim Atkinson about a hapless man whose girlfriend will only marry him if he manages to keep a job for a full week, despite his knack for landing in sexually embarrassing situations.
Programmer's Pick
If you think keeping a job is hard, try doing it with a parade of scantily clad mishaps dogging your every move. Jim Atkinson’s raunchy romp delivers a full week of slapstick, sexual chaos, and 1970s British innuendo—no HR department required.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Director
- Jim Atkinson
- Release
- 1975
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Comedy
Cast & Crew
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Delivers a full dose of saucy humor and sexual farce, emblematic of the era’s cheeky cinematic sensibilities.
Gil’s endless parade of awkward encounters—from impromptu threesomes to strip poker—fuels the film’s comic engine.
Physical comedy abounds as Gil stumbles from one mishap to the next, keeping the pace brisk and the laughs bawdy.
Jeremy Bulloch leads a cast of familiar UK faces, each diving headfirst into the film’s cheeky antics.
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Questions from the Vault
Who directed Can You Keep It Up for a Week?? +
Jim Atkinson directed Can You Keep It Up for a Week?.
How long is Can You Keep It Up for a Week?? +
Can You Keep It Up for a Week? runs 90 minutes.
What genre is Can You Keep It Up for a Week?? +
Can You Keep It Up for a Week? is a comedy.
When was Can You Keep It Up for a Week? released? +
Can You Keep It Up for a Week? was released in 1975.