Take Me High

1973 ""

Take Me High

4.7 | 1h30m | en | Comedy

Tim (Cliff Richard) is a successful ambitious young financier working for a London Merchant bank, but even his happy-go-lucky attitude is severely jolted when he is sent to Birmingham instead of his promised New York for his posting! But comedy reigns when the enterprising bank manager helps an unsuccessful Birmingham restaurant compete with its rivals by introducing a new fast food - the Brumburger!

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4.7 | 1h30m | en | Comedy , Romance | More Info

Released: December. 07,1973 | Released Producted By: , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Cliff Richard , Deborah Watling , Hugh Griffith

Director

David Askey

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Cast

Cliff Richard

as Tim Matthews

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Deborah Watling

as Sarah Jones

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Hugh Griffith

as Sir Harry Cunningham

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dsewizzrd-1 Essentially an extended music video clip for Cliff Richards. Richards is a merchant banker who is moved to Birmingham and what follows is a montage of the brutalist concrete architecture that made Birmingham worse, and shots of flyovers before they were covered in tags and vomit.George Cole is there and there's a famous scene of shooting the television set. Later there is a 1980s direct-to-video film style plot line where Richards and his girlfriend plan to open a burger bar selling "Brumburgers". There's quite a lot of embarrassed people in the street scene, as if having to live in Birmingham wasn't punishment enough ! Product placement - BOAC airlines.

ToLauren I saw this movie this evening and found it not only entertaining but uplifting. There is a real story and no sparsity of Cliff's songs. Many of the songs are worked in by presenting them as Cliff's thoughts. The songs are good not silly. It is not a teen feel good movie .It is more of a young adult choosing what standards to live his life by kind of movie. Cliff, as always , is looking good. The casting on the whole is perfect. There were many performers I was not familiar with but they all performed wonderfully. I think I smiled through the whole movie. If you are a Cliff fan you shouldn't miss it. If you want a good old fashion love story this is it. If you want a movie the family can watch together.this won't let you down. It is the kind of family film Disney used to make. I can't think of one reason not to try it.

michaeltyler898 i was introduced to 'take me high' by a friend and avid cliff fan. i was sceptical at first but soon got absorbed by the plot and songs and as i herald from Birmingham i found the scenery of 'yesteryear' Brum just hypnotic. the 'Jiggedy Jaggedy' buildings are still there today! the film has fantastic moments like the hilarious way cliff discovers gas street (by folding a map into 4 pieces)and saying...."gas street!!!" and the Clifftastic 'winning' its just a must.and the way he converts his barge into a floating mansion is superb.great cameos from George Cole and the ever-young Anthony Andrews make this film a must see. Cliffs least known work but surely his best as his great voice and zany personality shine through.i only wish there was a Brumburger in real life as it looks lovely!!Michael

justincward This is the sort of film to watch in a crowd with a cruel sense of humour. Can you imagine a travelogue of Birmingham? With musical numbers? You don't have to, because TMH does it for you. The song that stays with me to this day is 'Brumburger!'. Really, if Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder hadn't got 'Springtime For Hitler', 'Take Me High' would have done the trick. Beyond kitsch, beyond parody, beyond belief.