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Take a Girl Like You (1970)

Take a Girl Like You poster
Directed by
Jonathan Miller
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young schoolteacher tries to hold onto her principles about sex and marriage while being pursued by a wealthy and determined suitor. The film follows their romantic complications and the social pressures of 1960s England.

lightheartedwittyromanticcomedicslightly datedcharmingbittersweetobservational

What happens

Take a Girl Like You is a 1970 British 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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