It Takes All Kinds (film)

It Takes All Kinds
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Eddie Davis
Produced by	Eddie Davis; Reg Goldsworthy
Written by	Eddie Davis; Charles E. Savage
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	Goldsworthy Productions
Distributed by	British Empire Films (Australia); Commonwealth United Entertainment (US)
Release date	12 June 1969
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$300,000[1][2]

It Takes All Kinds is a 1969 crime drama 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 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

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. National Library of Australia. 3 April 1968. p. 3. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
"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.
"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.

External links

It Takes All Kinds on IMDb
It Takes All Kinds at the TCM Movie Database
It Takes All Kinds at Oz Movies

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[pike-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.