Take Me High

Take Me High
Directed by	David Askey
Produced by	Kenneth Harper
Written by	Christopher Penfold
Starring	Cliff Richard Deborah Watling Hugh Griffith George Cole
Music by	Tony Cole
Cinematography	Norman Warwick
Distributed by	Anglo-EMI Film Distributors Ltd.
Release date(s)	1973 (1973) 30 November 1974
Running time	90 min.
Country	UK
Language	English

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.

Set and filmed in Birmingham, it featured many landmarks from that city, including Gas Street Basin, Alpha Tower, the Council House (as a hotel) and Spaghetti Junction.

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

A soundtrack album by Richard was issued and remains in print (now on CD) to this day. The title cut was a UK top 30 single.

Cast

• Cliff Richard as Tim Matthews
• Deborah Watling as Sarah
• Hugh Griffith as Sir Harry Cunningham
• George Cole as Bert Jackson
• Anthony Andrews as Hugo Flaxman
• Richard Wattis as Sir Charles Furness
• Madeline Smith as Vicki
• Moyra Fraser as Molly
• Ronald Hines as Sam
• Jimmy Gardner as Hulbert
• Noel Trevarthen as Paul
• Graham Armitage as Boardman
• John Franklyn-Robbins as Alderman
• Peter Marshall as Grandson
• Elizabeth Scott as Waitress
• Polly Williams as Receptionist

External links

• Take Me High at the Internet Movie Database
• Take Me High at AllRovi