Go for a Take
Directed byHarry Booth
Screenplay byAlan Hackney
Story byHarry Booth
Alan Hackney
Produced byRoy Simpson
StarringReg Varney
Norman Rossington
Sue Lloyd
Dennis Price
Julie Ege
CinematographyMark McDonald
Edited byArchie Ludski
Music byGlen Mason
Production
company
a Century Films International production
Distributed byFox-Rank (UK)
Release dates
  • December 1972 (1972-12) (London, UK)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

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

  1. ^ "Double Take (1972) - Harry Booth | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  2. ^ "Double Take". IMDB. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ^ GO FOR A TAKE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 40, Iss. 468, (Jan 1, 1973): 9.
  4. ^ "Go For a Take". ReelStreets. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  5. ^ Gillett, Philip (2017). Forgotten British Film: Value and the Ephemeral in Postwar Cinema. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 9781443891851.
  6. ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 407. ISBN 0-586-08894-6.

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