| A Touch of the Other | |
| Director: | Arnold L. Miller |
| Producer: | Leslie Berens Arnold L. Miller |
| Starring: | Kenneth Cope Shirley Anne Field Hélène Françoise |
| Music: | John Hawkins |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
A Touch of the Other (also known as House of Hookers) is a 1970 British drama film directed by Arnold L. Miller and starring Hélène Françoise, Kenneth Cope and Shirley Anne Field.[1] A London private detective finds himself the target of a gangster.
Delger sets up a private investigation service as "the man who gets things done", and finds himself involved in London's vice world, in between sleeping with his two neighbours, prostitutes Elaine and Wendy, the latter a masseuse who "can't give a man a massage without turning him on".
Monthly Film Bulletin said "Ropey old private eye yarn, totally lacking in the inspiration it plainly seeks from Bogart, whose photograph adorns Delger's office wall. The nonsensical plot, based on a surface knowledge of the workings of Soho, is left open-ended, the colour processing is erratic, and the mood is constantly deadened by an excessively noisy score. In the early scenes, it seems possible that Kenneth Cope's droll patter might just save the day, but this hope has dissolved by the time a dream sequence has sent the entire cast prancing through the woods in slow motion."[2]