| Go for a Take | |
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| Directed by | Harry Booth |
| Screenplay by | Alan Hackney |
| Story by | Harry Booth Alan Hackney |
| Produced by | Roy Simpson |
| Starring | Reg Varney Norman Rossington Sue Lloyd Dennis Price Julie Ege |
| Cinematography | Mark McDonald |
| Edited by | Archie Ludski |
| Music by | Glen Mason |
Production company | a Century Films International production |
| Distributed by | Fox-Rank (UK) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Go for a Take is a 1972 British comedy film starring Reg Varney and Norman Rossington, directed by Harry Booth.[1][2] It was released in the United States as Double Take.
Plot
Inept waiters Wilfred Stone (Reg Varney) and Jack Foster (Norman Rossington) owe money to gangster bookie Generous Jim (Patrick Newell) and lose all their remaining funds on a bad bet. They go on the run, accidentally ending up in a local film studio ("Starwood Film Studios", actually Pinewood Studios) where they get mistaken for extras and soon become involved in a succession of comic misadventures.
Cast
- Reg Varney as Wilfred Stone
- Norman Rossington as Jack Foster
- Sue Lloyd as Angel Montgomery
- Dennis Price as Dracula, actor
- Julie Ege as April
- Patrick Newell as Generous Jim
- David Lodge as Graham
- Anouska Hempel as Suzi Eckmann
- Aubrey Morris as Director
- Bill Fraser as TV Studio Doorman
- Bob Todd as Security Man
- Jack Haig as Security Man
- Melvyn Hayes as Ambulance Man
- John Clive as Hotel Waiter
- Johnny Briggs as Assistant Director
- John Levene as Assistant Director
- David Prowse as Actor
- Penny Meredith as Harem Girl
- Debbie Russ as Tiger (reprising her role from Here Come the Double Deckers.)[3]
- Peter Stephens as Director
Production
The film was shot on location in central London and Slough,[4] and at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Lionel Couch.
Reception
The film was a box-office disappointment.[5] Critic Leslie Halliwell called the film "Painful British farce".[6]
References
- ↑ "Double Take (1972) - Harry Booth | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ↑ "Double Take". IMDB. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ↑ GO FOR A TAKE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 40, Iss. 468, (Jan 1, 1973): 9.
- ↑ "Go For a Take". ReelStreets. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ↑ Gillett, Philip (2017). Forgotten British Film: Value and the Ephemeral in Postwar Cinema. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 9781443891851.
- ↑ Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 407. ISBN 0-586-08894-6.
External links
- Go for a Take at BFI
- Go for a Take at Buses On Screen