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A married woman leaves her husband and zooms off on her motorcycle to see her lover.A married woman leaves her husband and zooms off on her motorcycle to see her lover.A married woman leaves her husband and zooms off on her motorcycle to see her lover.
Bari Jonson
- French Customs Officer
- (as Bari Johnson)
Chris Williams
- 2nd Student
- (as Christopher Williams)
Robert Rietty
- Of two roles
- (voice)
Stephanie Mildenhall
- Child
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaA German woman who was a Playboy centerfold was originally cast as Rebecca, but was let go after she had a drug overdose. Marianne Faithfull was subsequently cast in the lead.
- GoofsIn close shots Rebecca and her motorbike stay vertical even going around corners, revealing the fact that she was probably on a trailer being towed behind the camera.
- Crazy creditsThe word "Customs" in the end credits is repeatedly and incorrectly written as "Custom's" (with an apostrophe).
- Alternate versionsOriginally released as "The Girl on a Motorcycle" and X-rated; later trimmed and re-released as "Naked Under Leather".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle (1992)
- SoundtracksGirl On A Motorcycle
Composed and arranged by Les Reed
Performed by The British Lion Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley
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Weird enough to be of more than passing interest.
Cult movies don't come much 'cultier' than "The Girl on a Motorcycle". This film was British in name only; fundamentally it was French through and through from its source novel, (La Motocyclette by Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues), to its leading actor, Alain Delon. Pop singer Marianne Faithful, naked but for a black leather jump suit, was really only standing in for Bardot. There's no real plot to speak of but there's a lot of sixties psychedelia, sex, nudity, cheesy dialogue (Your body is like a violin in a velvet case), and, of course, Faithful tearing along the highways and byways of Europe on a big, phallic motorbike to the bed of her lover, Delon.
The director was a somewhat unlikely Jack Cardiff whose superb cinematography also gives the film its texture. Faithful's non- performance is really rather appealing while the film itself is ripe for rediscovery. It's not actually very good but it's certainly weird enough to be of more than passing interest.
The director was a somewhat unlikely Jack Cardiff whose superb cinematography also gives the film its texture. Faithful's non- performance is really rather appealing while the film itself is ripe for rediscovery. It's not actually very good but it's certainly weird enough to be of more than passing interest.
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- MOscarbradley
- Aug 15, 2015
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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