Take a Girl Like You (film)
| Take a Girl Like You | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jonathan Miller |
| Produced by | Hal E. Chester |
| Written by | George Melly |
| Based on |
Take a Girl Like You by Kingsley Amis |
| Starring |
Hayley Mills Oliver Reed Noel Harrison |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
| Cinematography | Dick Bush |
| Edited by |
Jack Harris Rex Pyke |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Take a Girl Like You is a 1970 British comedy film directed by Jonathan Miller and starring Hayley Mills, Oliver Reed and Noel Harrison. Based on the 1960 novel Take a Girl Like You by Kingsley Amis, it was adapted by George Melly. A television adaptation was broadcast in 2000.
Plot
Mills plays Jenny, a good girl who comes to a small British town to start a simple life. Soon she becomes the centre of male attention around the town. Leading the pack is the honest but gruff Patrick who shares one thing along with the other men: have sex with the right girl and who he and the others consider the right girl is Jenny.
Cast
- Hayley Mills as Jenny Bunn
- Oliver Reed as Patrick Standish
- Noel Harrison as Julian Ormerod
- John Bird as Dick Thompson
- Sheila Hancock as Martha Thompson
- Aimi MacDonald as Wendy
- Geraldine Sherman as Anna Le Page
- Ronald Lacey as Graham McClintoch
- John Fortune as Sir Gerald
- Imogen Hassall as Samantha
- Pippa Steel as Ted
- Penelope Keith as Tory Lady
- Nicholas Courtney as Panel Chairman
- George Woodbridge as Publican
- Jimmy Gardner as Voter
- Nerys Hughes as Teacher
- Jean Marlow as Mother
- Howard Goorney as Labour Agent
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