Take a Girl Like You
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jonathan Miller
Hayley Mills
Oliver Reed
Noel Harrison
John Bird
Sheila Hancock
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Jenny Bunn, a conservative schoolteacher, arrives in a London suburb to begin a new teaching job. She finds a room in a boardinghouse and becomes friendly with Anna, another lodger, who introduces Jenny to her boyfriend, Patrick Standish, a callous playboy. He shows an immediate interest in Jenny and asks her for a date; she agrees to have dinner with him, but his plans also include seducing her. Jenny, however, is a virgin and resists his advances. Patrick finds her innocence charming and continues to see her, although he complains to his wealthy friend Julian of his lack of amatory success with her. When Patrick takes Jenny to a party given by Julian, she becomes convinced of his sincerity and finally agrees to have sex with him. They arrange a rendezvous for the following Saturday. Several days after the party, Jenny runs into Julian, who indicates that Patrick has confided everything to him. On Saturday night, instead of meeting Patrick, Jenny has sex with Julian. Patrick, upset because Jenny failed to show up for their rendezvous, goes to Julian's house and finds the two in bed together. Shocked by Jenny's behavior, Patrick demands an explanation, and Jenny tells him that she tired of his pretenses and wanted him to pursue her with more determination.
Director
Jonathan Miller
Cast
Hayley Mills
Oliver Reed
Noel Harrison
John Bird
Sheila Hancock
Aimi Macdonald
Geraldine Sherman
Ronald Lacey
John Fortune
Imogen Hassall
Pippa Steel
Penelope Keith
Nicholas Courtney
George Woodbridge
Jimmy Gardner
Nerys Hughes
Jean Marlow
Howard Goorney
Crew
Tim Abadie
Dick Bush
Joan Carpenter
Hal E. Chester
Phil Coulter
Penny Daniels
Jack Harris
Douglas Hermes
Howard Hodgkin
Denis Johnson Jr.
Allen Jones
Joe Marks
Bill Martin
George Melly
Stanley Myers
Stanley Myers
Ken Nicholson
George Partleton
Peter Phillips
Rex Pyke
Arthur Ridout
Ken Ritchie
Nolan Roberts
L. C. Rudkin
Bridget Sellers
Jack Shampan
Hal Shaper
Brian Wall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in London in January 1971; running time: 98 min (cut from 101 min).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States October 1970
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
Released in United States October 1970
