Take A Girl Like You (1970)

A young girl (Hayley Mills) leaves her Northern England home and moves close to London. However, her strict adherence on keeping her virginity while waiting for the "right" man is at odds with the caddish playboy (Oliver Reed), who pursues her vigorously with no intention of marriage. Based on the novel by Kingsley Amis and directed by the satirist Jonathan Miller (the only film he directed). The film goes in a different direction from the book. It's more of a romantic comedy which the book most assuredly is not and Oliver Reed's character is cleaned up from the often loathsome character in the book so that there is an option of a happy ending. Unlike the book, the film's ending is ambiguous. The film plays differently than it did in 1970 when a girl holding on to her virginity seemed quaint in the swinging 60s. However, with today's #MeToo movement, a woman's right to say no and not be pawed and slobbered over by oversexed males makes a different comment. There's a nice underscore by Stanley Myers. With Noel Harrison, Penelope Keith, Sheila Hancock, Dick Bird and Ronald Lacey.