The Knack …and How to Get It is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, and Donal Donnelly.

[3] The screenplay by Charles Wood is based on the 1962 play The Knack: A Comedy in Three Acts by Ann Jellicoe.

She stops by a clothing store and is won over by the flattery of the clerk until she overhears him repeating the same words to every female customer.

Having worked with The Beatles on A Hard Day's Night, Lester was another candidate for director, and agreed to take the position.

[5] Lester made major changes to the play, adding his own touch through direct address, unexpected oddly-edited sequences, humorous subtitles, and a Greek chorus of disapproving members of "the older generation.

"[citation needed] Filming took place in a few weeks in November and early December 1964, and Lester employed television advertising techniques.

John Barry contributed the jazzy score, which features a memorable organ solo by Alan Haven.

Jane Birkin, Charlotte Rampling, and Jacqueline Bisset all made their first cinematic appearances in the film as extras, together with Top of the Pops disc girl Samantha Juste.

In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther positively reviewed it as "delightfully mobile" and a "frenziedly running, jumping picture".