It Takes All Kinds is a 1969 Australian crime drama film directed by Eddie Davis.
| It Takes All Kinds | |
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| Directed by | Eddie Davis |
| Written by | Eddie Davis Charles E. Savage |
| Story by | Edward D. Hoch |
| Produced by | Eddie Davis Reg Goldsworthy |
| Starring | Vera Miles Robert Lansing Barry Sullivan |
| Cinematography | Mick Bornemann |
| Edited by | Ian Maitland |
| Music by | Bob Young |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | British Empire Films |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $300,000[1][2] |
Plot
editAmerican 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
edit- 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
- Reg Gorman as Man at airport
- Roger Ward as Bodyguard
- John Llewellyn as Detective
- Les Berryman
Production
editThe film was the first of three movies made by Reg Goldsworthy in association with Commonwealth United Corporation for the American television 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
editThe film was poorly reviewed and had a disappointing commercial reception.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 244.
- ^ "They waited— and waited— for the sun to shine". The Australian Women's Weekly. 3 April 1968. p. 3. Retrieved 9 September 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "AN EXPERT'S VIEW OF THE FILM". The Australian Women's Weekly. 22 January 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 9 September 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Filming murder on a foggy day on Middle Harbor". The Australian Women's Weekly. 14 June 1972. p. 11. Retrieved 9 September 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
edit- It Takes All Kinds at IMDb
- It Takes All Kinds at the TCM Movie Database
- It Takes All Kinds at Oz Movies