Emmanuelle (Angie Quick, using the stage name Mary Miller) is a fashion model who is having an affair with her photographer, Paul (Kevin Fraser). While Emmanuelle is doing all right for herself, Paul is struggling to make ends meet. Because of that, his wife Kate (Julie Lee) decides to audition for a nude revue. When Paul realizes his boss (John M. East) has been selling his photos on the side, he sets out to get payback with the help of his two lovely ladies.
Fake Emmanuelle movies were made all over the globe. I think the only other British Emmanuelle movie I’ve seen was Carry On Emmanuelle. (There’s even a poster seen in the background in this movie for a rip-off called Emanuelle Meets the Wife Swappers.) This was considered by many to be the last film in the cycle of British sex comedies. If this was indeed to be the final curtain call for the genre, I’d say they went out with a bang (if you catch my drift). Emmanuelle in Soho is highly enjoyable, mostly because it features wall to wall nudity. There are sex scenes, lesbian photo shoots, casting couch auditions, random scenes where Emmanuelle doesn’t have any clothes on, nude dance auditions, stripteases, naked partying, and lesbians in hot tubs.
Quick appears in more scenes naked than clothed, and when she is seen wearing them, they don’t stay on for very long. She didn’t make too many other pictures, but her willingness to disrobe at the drop of a hat makes her one of the more memorable fake Emmanuelles of all time. Lee is also plenty hot and what she lacks in acting talent she makes up for with her lack of inhibitions. (Sadly, she passed away shortly after the film was released.) East is pretty amusing too as the old publisher who makes jokes that have been around since the vaudeville era (some of which are still funny).
For the first twenty minutes or so of Emmanuelle in Soho, you’re going to think this is going to be a classic. However, it gets a bit plot heavy in the second act. By “plot heavy”, I mean women only get naked every three minutes instead of every two. The ending is a lot of fun though, and final party scene is a scorcher. The theme song, an energetic Euro disco number, is great too and will leave you tapping your toes. All in all, it’s a fine British sex farce.
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