Charles Dyer

RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN (1964) directed by Muriel Box follows Percy Winthram (Harry H Corbett), a shy, naïve 39-year-old who is in London with his friends for the Cup Final. When he meets beautiful hostess Cyrenne (Diane Cilento) in a Soho strip club and accepts a bet, a night of lust seems to be on the cards, but back at her apartment Percy's innocence and vulnerability become all too evident.

Colin is a nervous schoolteacher working in London, observing rather than participating in the sexual revolution of the 1960s. His lothario friend tries to teach him `the knack', a way of seducing women.