Take Off Your Clothes and Live!
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| Directed by | Arnold Louis Miller |
| Written by | Arnold Louis Miller |
| Produced by | Stanley Long Arnold Louis Miller |
| Cinematography | Stanley Long |
| Music by | Tony King |
Production company | Searchlight-Miracle |
| Distributed by | Miracle |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £14,000[1] |
Take Off Your Clothes and Live! is a 1963 British naturist film directed and written by Arnold Louis Miller.[2] It was partly shot in the south of France.[1]
Plot
Nine girls travel to Cannes, for a nudist holiday with hosts John and Tony. As well as the usual beach activities they visit a millionaire's yacht, go on a treasure hunt, have a Twist competition, and visit the Isle of Levant.
Cast
- Ian Michael as Tony
- Gino Nennan as John
- Jenny Lane as Lee
- Maureen Haydon as June
- Susan Irwin-Clark as Carol
- Terry Lee as Ingrid
- Margaret Collins as Mandy
- Angela Lowe as Pat
- Hedy Borland as Heidi
- Paula Ku-Chich as Esme
- Ulla Thoren as Barbara
- Anna Silvers as Marie
Release
The film was given an 'A' certificate by the British Board of Film Classification.[3] Kine Weekly reported that the UK release of the film was supported in Bradford, Dewsbury, Westcliff and Luton with personal appearances by five of the girls in the cast.[4]
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin said: "Usual traveloguery, usual coy commentary, usual tolerably pretty girls, usual yawning boredom."[5]
In Doing Rude Things David McGillivray wrote: "The style of presentation was so gauche that today it looks like self-parody."[6]
In The World's Worst Movies, Tim Healey described the film as "a mysteriously unerotic experience."[7]
References
- ^ a b Simon Sheridan, Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema, Titan Books 2011 p 47-48
- ^ "Take Off Your Clothes and Live!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Take Off Your Clothes and Live!". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "There's a big audience for romps in the raw". Kine Weekly. 552 (2900): 19. 2 May 1963. ProQuest 3127067117.
- ^ "Take Off Your Clothes and Live!". Monthly Film Bulletin. 30 (348): 70. 1963. ProQuest 1305824799.
- ^ McGillivray, David (2017). Doing Rude Things (2nd ed.). Wolfbait. p. 49. ISBN 9781999744151.
- ^ Healey, Tim (1986). The World's Worst Movies. Octopus Books. p. 131. ISBN 0706425057.