Private Lessons
5.1
“When EMANUELLE's Sylvia Kristel is your teacher the bedroom is the classroom”
Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund.
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Cast
12 people
Sylvia Kristel
Mallow
Known for
Emmanuelle
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Howard Hesseman
Lester
Known for
About Schmidt
WKRP in Cincinnati
Eric Brown
Philly
Known for
Waxwork
Mama's Family
Patrick Piccininni
Sherman
Also in
Golden Tales
Ed Begley Jr.
Jack Travis
Known for
Better Call Saul
Young Sheldon
Pamela Jean Bryant
Joyce
Known for
Don't Answer the Phone!
Meridith Baer
Miss Phipps
Also in
The Sister in Law
The Chicken Chronicles
Ron Foster
Fillmore
Known for
Ninja III: The Domination
Peter Elbling
Waiter
Known for
Phantom of the Paradise
V
Beans Morocco
Green
Known for
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Any Which Way You Can
Dan Greenburg
Hotel Owner
Known for
Doc
Marian Gibson
Florence
Also in
Murphy's Romance
Kidco
Alan Myerson Director · Dan Greenburg Writer Jan de Bont Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $26M · Budget $2.8M · United States release August 26, 1981
Box office
Budget
$2,800,000
Worldwide gross
$26,279,000
Gross vs. budget
9.4×
Production
Jensen Farley Pictures
Production
Barry & Enright Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Japan · May 1, 1981
Theatrical
United States · August 26, 1981
Theatrical
France
July 28, 1982 · Theatrical
Germany
August 21, 1981 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 24, 1982 · Theatrical
Spain
November 26, 1981 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 27, 2025 · Physical · Blu-ray
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