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It Takes All Kinds
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;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$300,000

It Takes All Kinds (film)

Last updated February 20, 2026

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

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]

References

1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 244.
↑ "They waited— and waited— for the sun to shine". The Australian Women's Weekly . 3 April 1968. p. 3. Retrieved 9 September 2012– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "AN EXPERT'S VIEW OF THE FILM". The Australian Women's Weekly . 22 January 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 9 September 2012– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Filming murder on a foggy day on Middle Harbor". The Australian Women's Weekly . 14 June 1972. p. 11. Retrieved 9 September 2012– via National Library of Australia.

External links

It Takes All Kinds at IMDb
It Takes All Kinds at the TCM Movie Database (archived version)
It Takes All Kinds at Oz Movies

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[pike-1] 1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 244.

[2] "They waited— and waited— for the sun to shine". The Australian Women's Weekly . 3 April 1968. p. 3. Retrieved 9 September 2012– via National Library of Australia.

[3] "AN EXPERT'S VIEW OF THE FILM". The Australian Women's Weekly . 22 January 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 9 September 2012– via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Filming murder on a foggy day on Middle Harbor". The Australian Women's Weekly . 14 June 1972. p. 11. Retrieved 9 September 2012– via National Library of Australia.

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