It Takes All Kinds (film)

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It Takes All Kinds
It Takes All Kinds (film poster).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Eddie Davis
Produced by Eddie Davis
Reg Goldsworthy
Written by Eddie Davis
Charles E. Savage
Based on story by Edward D. Hoch
Starring Vera Miles
Robert Lansing
Barry Sullivan
Music by Bob Young
Cinematography Mick Bornemann
Edited by Ian Maitland
Production
company
Distributed by British Empire Films (Australia)
Release dates
 12 June 1969
Running time
 98 mins
Country Australia
Language English
Budget $300,000[1][2]

It Takes All Kinds is a 1969 film directed by Eddie Davis.

Plot

American sailor Tony Gunher is asked by Laura Ring to help steal a glass-stained window from a museum. The robbery is a success but then Laura disappears with the window. Tony finds her and she's discovered with crime lord Orville Benton. Benton has a collection of art treasures in the false bottom of a wheat silo. Police capture Benton and his gang but Laura dies.

Cast

  • Vera Miles as Laura Ring
  • Robert Lansing as Tony Gunther
  • Barry Sullivan as Orville Benton
  • Sid Melton as Benji
  • Penny Sugg as J.P. Duncan
  • Chris Christensen as Swede
  • Edward Heppie as Cockney
  • Tommy Dysart as seaman
  • Alistair Smart as Ray
  • Rod Mullinar as policeman
  • Bob Haddow as Dan
  • Peter Whittle as bodyguard
  • Roger Ward as bodyguard
  • John Llewellyn as detective
  • Les Berryman

Production

The film was the first of three movies made by Reg Goldsworthy in association with Commonwealth United Corporation for the American TV market.[3] The director and leading actors were imported from Hollywood but the rest of the cast and crew were Australian.[4]

It was shot in four weeks in March 1968. Locations were shot around Sydney and Melbourne with interiors done at Ajax Studios in Sydney.[1]

Release

The film was poorly reviewed and had a disappointing commercial reception.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 244.
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External links

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