Deep End (1971)

Synopsis: This is one of the strangest movies to come out of the Swinging Sixties. Directed by Polish émigré Jerzy Skolimowski, it's set in the grottily dank Chelsea public baths. John Moulder-Brown — a callow, haunted-looking 15-year-old — and Jane Asher are the employees, who swap changing rooms so he can please the ladies (including bosomy football fanatic Diana Dors) and she can pleasure the gents.

The pool provides the film's central metaphor and some bizarre, shocking things happen in it — such as the search for Asher's engagement ring diamond in bagfuls of snow, melting in the empty pool. In a poetic, surreal world of its own, this is a romantic, comic and disturbing work that's unlike anything else made in Britain, except perhaps the work of Roman Polanski.

Cast: Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown
Runtime: 100 min