It Takes All Kinds (film)

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

It Takes All Kinds
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEddie Davis
Produced byEddie Davis
Reg Goldsworthy
Written byEddie Davis
Charles E. Savage
Story byEdward D. Hoch
StarringVera Miles
Robert Lansing
Barry Sullivan
Music byBob Young
CinematographyMick Bornemann
Edited byIan Maitland
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Empire Films (Australia)
Commonwealth United Entertainment (US)
Release date
12 June 1969
Running time
98 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000[1][2]

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 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

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

References

  1. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 244.
  2. "They waited— and waited— for the sun to shine". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 3 April 1968. p. 3. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. "AN EXPERT'S VIEW OF THE FILM". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 22 January 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. "Filming murder on a foggy day on Middle Harbor". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 14 June 1972. p. 11. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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