It Takes All Kinds (film)

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

It Takes All Kinds
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Eddie Davis
Written by	Eddie Davis Charles E. Savage
Story by	Edward D. Hoch
Produced by	Eddie Davis Reg Goldsworthy
Starring	Vera Miles Robert Lansing Barry Sullivan
Cinematography	Mick Bornemann
Edited by	Ian Maitland
Music by	Bob Young
Production company	Goldsworthy Productions
Distributed by	British Empire Films
Release date	12 June 1969 (1969-06-12)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$300,000[1][2]

Plot

American sailor Tony Gunther is asked by Laura Ring to help steal a stained-glass 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 Hepple as Cockney
• Tommy Dysart as Seaman
• Alistair Smart as Ray
• Rod Mullinar as Policeman
• Bob Haddow as Dan
• Peter Whittle as Bodyguard
• Reg Gorman as Man at airport
• 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 was a commercial failure.^[1]