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Director
  
David Askey

Music director
  
Country
  
United Kingdom

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Take Me High movie poster

Release date
  
1973 (1973)(UK)30 November 1974 (1974-11-30) (Sweden)

Writer
  
Christopher Penfold (story), Kenneth Harper (original idea)

Initial release
  
November 30, 1974 (Sweden)

Screenplay
  
Kenneth Harper, Christopher Penfold

Cast
  
(Tim Matthews), (Sarah Jones), (Sir Harry Cunningham), (Bert Jackson), (Hugo Flaxman), (Sir Charles Furness)

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Take Me High is a 1973 British feature film, directed by David Askey, written by Christopher Penfold and starring Cliff Richard in his final film role, with Deborah Watling, Hugh Griffith, George Cole and Anthony Andrews.

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Set and filmed in Birmingham, it featured many landmarks from the city, including Gas Street Basin, Alpha Tower, the Council House (as a hotel), Spaghetti Junction, New Street, Corporation Street, Central Library and the Hall of Memory.

It was released on Warner Home Video in 1988 as a VHS tape, but has never been given a retail release on DVD, however a free DVD of the film was issued with The Daily Mail on 25 September 2010.

Soundtrack

Richard released a soundtrack album in December 1973 (which has been released on CD). The title track was a UK top 30 single (No. 27), while the album only peaked at No. 41.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "It's Only Money" (Tony Cole)
  2. "Midnight Blue" (Tony Cole)
  3. "Hover” (Instrumental, The David Mackay Orchestra) (Tony Cole)
  4. "Why?" (with Anthony Andrews) (Tony Cole)
  5. "Life" (Tony Cole)
  6. "Driving" (Tony Cole)
  7. "The Game" (Tony Cole)
  8. "Brumburger Duet" (with Debbie Watling) (Tony Cole)

Side Two

  1. "Take Me High" (Tony Cole)
  2. "The Anti-Brotherhood of Man" (Tony Cole)
  3. "Winning" (Tony Cole)
  4. "Driving" (Instrumental, The David Mackay Orchestra) (Tony Cole)
  5. "Join the Band" (Tony Cole)
  6. "The Word is Love" (Tony Cole)
  7. "Brumburger (Finale)" (Tony Cole)

References

Take Me High Wikipedia
Take Me High IMDb Take Me High themoviedb.org