On the Game
On the Game (also known as Sex Through the Ages) is a 1974 British film directed by Stanley Long. It was a dramatised comedy documentary about the history of prostitution through the ages. The film was researched and written by Suzanne Mercer. Mercer spent two years researching it.

Cast
Charles Gray as Narrator
Lloyd Lamble as Gladstone
Gloria Walker as Jenny
Olive McFarland as Mrs. Dubery
Carmen Silvera as Mrs. Berkley
Paddy Ryan as Accomplice
David Brierly as Prince of Wales
Fiona Victory as Giulia Barucci
Heather Chasen as Madame
Peter Duncan as Francois
Louise Pajo as Shirley
Jeremy Nicholas as Policeman
Nicola Austin as Messalina
Val Penny as Ducked Prostitute

Production
Mercer said, "Had I lived in 16th century Italy, or in the 1860's in France I probably would have been a courtesan ... I don’t think On the Game is anti-feminist ... In my view, no woman need be oppressed or repressed. I’m a chick, married for seven years, and I lead an independent life. I work in a very tough business.”

Reception
One critic said the film "covers much the same territory" as Mercer and Long's earlier Naughty! "though with rather less humour... the lighting is so poor as to enforce a squint throughout."

Another called it "an informative and entertaining film."

References

External links
 
On the Game at Letterbox DVD

1974 films
1970s British films
British documentary films
1974 documentary films