and Oh Alfie) is a 1975 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Ken Hughes, and starring Alan Price, Jill Townsend, Paul Copley and Joan Collins.
[6] After experiencing a failure in the ending of the earlier film, Alfie – now working as a London to France HGV driver alongside Bakey – decides to get back to his old self.
Alfie soon finds comfort by flirting with the married waitress Louise, who takes him to her apartment.
During the night, her husband returns from his fishing trip, but Bakey, outside in the truck, sounds the horn as a warning.
With Fay's encouragement, Alfie apologizes to Abby about leaving her apartment in a huff and asks her for a proper dinner.
When Alfie comments on Claire's perfume, she reveals her true feelings for him by suddenly entering his bed and taking her top off.
She ignores his protests but then her attempts to mount him fix his back, and he escapes before she succeeds in making actual intimate contact.
[10] In May 1973, Nat Cohen announced the film would be made as part of a slate of seven movies worth £5 million in all.
"[11] Producer Dugald Rankin said the same month that they were loking for an actor younger than Caine and that five actors had been approached but no decision had been made on casting/[12] Patrick Mower says Ken Hughes offered him the role and Mower was going to play it, but then the producer's "12 year old daughter" saw Alan Price on Top of the Pops and recommended Price play the role.
on the level of Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)" and said it was regrettably difficult to find many kind words to say about" the movie.
[20] FilmInk said it "suffers very, very, very badly in comparison to the original, which turned Michael Caine into a star (you may feel differently if you like Alan Price).