Two Guys Abroad

Two Guys Abroad is an unreleased 1962 British film directed by Don Sharp and starring George Raft and Maxie Rosenbloom.^[2][3][4] The screenplay was by Alex Gottlieb. It was intended as a pilot for a TV series or as a B movie. Neither eventuated.^[5][6]

Two Guys Abroad
Directed by	Don Sharp
Produced by	Ian Warren exec Maurie Suess
Starring	George Raft Maxie Rosenbloom Diana Decker Diane Todd
Production company	Summit Films
Release date	1962 (1962) (intended)
Running time	75 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£20,000[1]

Plot

A pair of Piccadilly Club owners continually get in trouble.

Cast

• George Raft as nightclub owner
• Maxie Rosenbloom as nightclub owner
• Diane Todd
• Diana Decker
• David Lawton
• Barbara Lashbrook

Production

The film was shot at Shepperton Studios in March 1962.^[7] George Raft and Maxie Rosenbloom were old friends; Raft even once owned a share in Rosenbloom when the latter was a boxer.^[8]

Director Don Sharp later recalled "at the time there was a fashion for these 'products'. They were made for a double purpose: as a pilot episode for a TV series; if that failed, for release as a B movie supporting the main feature. Very few of them even made the grade."^[5]

Sharp said the film was made "on a very small budget in very minimal time... a terrible script." He said the film was made because Maurie Seuss had "come into money and wanted to make a movie"; Seuss had been George Raft's dresser.^[9]

Sharp says he "got on very well with George – the complete Hollywood pro. He was amiable, always ribbing Maxie; constantly doing his coin-flipping act; and likely at any moment to break into a few dance steps – for no particular reason. There is a photo of me and my camera operator on the camera dolly with George doing the grip's job and pushing it because he said, he always wanted a real job."^[5] Filming took three weeks. "We're just aiming to make a film that will entertain people for 75 minutes or so," said Suess.^[1]