Alfie Darling (1975)
Musician Alan Price takes over the mantle of Alfie from Michael Caine in this belated sequel to 1965's Alfie. Now a trucker across Europe along with best mate Paul Copley, Alfie has a bird in every port and he always comes back for more.
The first third of Alfie Darling plays like a bawdy romp, a tamer version of the Confessions of / Adventures of series of films popular in Britain at the time, however as things settle down a proper story develops as Alfie really falls for new 'bird' Jill Townsend and life gets complicated for our 'jack the lad'.
I really liked Alfie Darling. It's a better film than it's reputation suggests and boasts a bevy of British babes (Joan Collins, Rula Lenska, Sheila White, Vicki Michelle) who are more than happy about showing Alfie a good time and none of them are shy about it. Yet for all the sauciness it's later on when Price comes across as a more vulnerable Alfie that you really begin to sympathise with the character and his on off relationship with Haworth and the film becomes more rewarding.
The newly restored Network disc looks fantastic.
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