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{{Infobox film
| name = Take a Girl Like You
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| director = [[Jonathan Miller]]
| producer = [[Hal E. Chester]]
| writer = [[George Melly]]
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Take a Girl Like You]]''|[[Kingsley Amis]]}}
| starring = [[Hayley Mills]]<br>[[Oliver Reed]]<br>[[Noel Harrison]]
| music = [[Stanley Myers]]
| cinematography = [[Dick Bush]]
| editing = [[Jack Harris (film editor)|Jack Harris]]<br>Rex Pyke
| studio = Albion Film Distributors
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1970|12|16}} (US)
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Take a Girl Like You''''' is a 1970 British [[romantic comedy|romantic]] [[comedy drama]] film directed by [[Jonathan Miller]] and starring [[Hayley Mills]], [[Oliver Reed]] and [[Noel Harrison]]. Based on the 1960 novel ''[[Take a Girl Like You]]'' by [[Kingsley Amis]], it was adapted by [[George Melly]].<ref>TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 38, Iss. 444, (Jan 1, 1971): 32.</ref>

==Synopsis==
Northerner Jenny arrives in a town near London, where she has taken lodgings with a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate in order to take up a job as a teacher. She quickly meets Patrick, who knows another girl at the lodging house but shares the goal, along with his friend Julian, of having sex with as many women as possible.

After a first date which ends at Patrick's flat for coffee, Patrick is shocked when Jenny tells him she is a [[virgin]] and intends to stay that way until she meets the right man. Jenny is attracted to Patrick, so they get into a volatile relationship as Patrick tries to change Jenny's mind, without giving up his [[bachelor]] status.

==Cast==
* [[Hayley Mills]] as Jenny Bunn
* [[Oliver Reed]] as Patrick Standish
* [[Noel Harrison]] as Julian Ormerod
* [[John Bird (actor)|John Bird]] as Dick Thompson
* [[Sheila Hancock]] as Martha Thompson
* [[Aimi MacDonald]] as Wendy
* [[Geraldine Sherman]] as Anna Le Page
* [[Ronald Lacey]] as Graham McClintoch
* [[John Fortune]] as Sir Gerald
* [[Imogen Hassall]] as Samantha
* [[Pippa Steel]] as Ted
* [[Penelope Keith]] as Tory Lady
* [[Nicholas Courtney]] as Panel Chairman
* [[George Woodbridge (actor)|George Woodbridge]] as Publican
* [[Jimmy Gardner (actor)|Jimmy Gardner]] as Voter
* [[Nerys Hughes]] as Teacher
* [[Jean Marlow]] as Mother
* [[Howard Goorney]] as Labour Agent

==Production==
Amis' novel was published in 1960. In April 1961, [[Roy Ward Baker]] announced he would make a film of the novel after he finished ''[[Flame in the Streets]]'' but the project did not happen.<ref>BRITAIN'S SCREEN SCENE New York Times 23 Apr 1961: 129.</ref><ref>In the Picture
Sight and Sound; London Vol. 30, Iss. 3, (Summer 1961): 121.</ref>

In April 1968, it was announced that producer Hal Chester would make a version of the novel under his new contract with [[Columbia Pictures]]. George Melly was writing the script and the director would be Jonathan Miller.<ref>MOVIE CALL SHEET: Segal Signed for 'Remagen'
Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 12 Apr 1968: c16.</ref> Miller had directed for TV before, notably ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1966 TV play)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' and ''[[Whistle and I'll Come to You]]'', but this was his first feature.<ref name="sight">{{cite magazine|title=New Blood|last=Pirie|first= David|magazine= Sight and Sound|volume= 40|issue= 2|date=Spring 1971|page= 73}}</ref>

Miller admitted his "motives were slightly at fault in accepting the project to begin with. I was thinking that... well, [[Mike Nichols]] can make a lot of money, why shouldn't I? I accepted the project probably too eagerly. I think it was probably one of Amis' best novels but there were a lot of things to be said against filming it."<ref name="sight"/>

Miller says "the difficulties began to double" during scripting "because rather than let the script happen spontaneously, the producer sat in on its manufacture at almost every stage. I'm not saying he didn't work very hard and have the best intentions; it's just that his conception and our conception of the intentions were hopelessly at odds."<ref name="sight"/>

Miller says the story was "old fashioned" and that he and writer Melly "were forced into making" the story "even more old fashioned by making it more sentimental. Gradually I found myself boxed in to a very conventional, almost 1950s studio situation and the final cut was beyond my control."<ref name="sight"/>

Miller admitted "perhaps what we were doing was something quite dishonest in trying to steal in a realistic film inside the shell of a commercial enterprise. I don't think the two can be done."<ref name="sight"/>

In December 1968, Hayley Mills signed to star.<ref>MOVIE CALL SHEET: 'Power Play' to Be First Film for A&M Los Angeles Times 16 Dec 1968: g32.</ref><ref>MOVIE CALL SHEET: Andrews to Co-Star in 'Madame Pompadour'
Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 25 Dec 1968: i26.</ref> Filming started March 1969 in London.<ref>MOVIE CALL SHEET: Harrison in Starring Role
Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 6 Mar 1969: d10.</ref>

==Reception==
The film was a commercial and critical flop. It was the last film produced by Hal Chester and the only feature directed by Miller.<ref>{{cite book|title=In Two Minds: a Biography of Jonathan Miller: A Biography of Jonathan Miller|first= Kate|last= Bassett|page=203|publisher=Oberon Books|date=2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0066436|Take a Girl Like You}}
* {{IMDb title|0256420|Take a Girl Like You (TV Series)}}
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/take-a-girl-like-you-1970/ ''Take a Girl Like You''] at Letterbox DVD
*[https://variety.com/1969/film/reviews/take-a-girl-like-you-1200422139/ Review of film] at Variety
{{Kingsley Amis}}

[[Category:1970 films]]
[[Category:1970s romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:British romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Columbia Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
[[Category:Films set in England]]
[[Category:Films shot in Surrey]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Kingsley Amis]]
[[Category:Films scored by Stanley Myers]]
[[Category:1970 comedy films]]
[[Category:1970s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Jonathan Miller]]

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