Take Off Your Clothes and Live!

Take Off Your Clothes and Live! is a 1963 British naturist film directed and written by Arnold Louis Miller.[2] It was partly shot in the south of France.[1]

Take Off Your Clothes and Live!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArnold Louis Miller
Written byArnold Louis Miller
Produced byStanley Long
Arnold Louis Miller
CinematographyStanley Long
Music byTony King
Production
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Searchlight-Miracle
Distributed byMiracle
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
64 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£14,000[1]

Plot

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Nine girls travel to Cannes, for a nudist holiday with hosts John and Tony. As well as the usual beach activities they visit a millionaire's yacht, go on a treasure hunt, have a Twist competition, and visit the Isle of Levant.

Cast

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  • Ian Michael as Tony
  • Gino Nennan as John
  • Jenny Lane as Lee
  • Maureen Haydon as June
  • Susan Irwin-Clark as Carol
  • Terry Lee as Ingrid
  • Margaret Collins as Mandy
  • Angela Lowe as Pat
  • Hedy Borland as Heidi
  • Paula Ku-Chich as Esme
  • Ulla Thoren as Barbara
  • Anna Silvers as Marie

Release

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Kine Weekly reported that the UK release of the film was supported in Bradford, Dewsbury, Westcliff and Luton with personal appearances by five of the girls in the cast.[3]

Critical reception

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Monthly Film Bulletin said "Usual traveloguery, usual coy commentary, usual tolerably pretty girls, usual yawning boredom."[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Simon Sheridan, Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema, Titan Books 2011 p 47-48
  2. ^ "Take Off Your Clothes and Live!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  3. ^ "There's a big audience for romps in the raw". Kine Weekly. 552 (2900): 19. 2 May 1963 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Take Off Your Clothes and Live!". Monthly Film Bulletin. 30 (348): 70. 1963 – via ProQuest.
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