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    Go for a Take (1972)

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    An above-average British comedy of its time, Go For A Take runs along the lines of a Norman Wisdom romp, giving the rubber-faced Reg Varney the opportunity to run amok through a film studio as a submarine officer, vampire victim, knight, gunman, prisoner, waiter, Tarzan and a Viking warrior as two waiters, Wilfred Stone (Reg Varney) and Jack Foster (Norman Rossington), on the run from Generous Jim (Patrick Newell) because of an outstanding gambling debt.

    Fearing for their lives, Wilf and Jack take refuge in the Starwood Film Studios (Pinewood Studios in real life) where they are mistaken for actors.

    It makes for clean and pleasant comedy, although the apparent budget and shooting restrictions imposed on the film forces its star from time to time into some desperate mugging that only his fans and younger children will find funny.

    Released in some markets as Double Take.

    Wilfred Stone
    Reg Varney
    Jack Foster
    Norman Rossington
    Generous Jim
    Patrick Newell
    Suzi Eckmann
    Anouska Hempel
    Angel Montgomery
    Sue Lloyd
    Dracula actor
    Dennis Price
    April
    Julie Ege
    Graham
    David Lodge
    Security Men
    Jack Haig
    Bob Todd

    Director
    Harry Booth

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