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{{Short description|1965 US comedy film by Frederick de Cordova}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = I'll Take Sweden
| image = I'll Take Sweden.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Movie poster
| director = [[Frederick de Cordova]]
| producer = [[Edward Small]]
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| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Bob Hope]]|[[Tuesday Weld]]|[[Frankie Avalon]]}}
| music = {{unbulleted list|[[William "By" Dunham]]|[[Jimmie Haskell]]}}
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| studio = Edward Small Productions
| distributor = [[United Artists]]
| released =
| runtime = 97 min.
| country = United States
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'''''I'll Take Sweden''''' is a 1965 American comedy film. It was directed by [[Frederick de Cordova]], and
==Plot==
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Kenny takes Marti to the festival. JoJo spies her father in the restaurant at the festival while talking to him on the phone. He is still claiming to be working while she is supposed to be home alone. After originally telling Erik she wanted to go home, she tells him she now wants to go to the same resort her father is heading to.
Marti tells Kenny she is not really Erik's cousin and both admit they are in love with their former partners. They also decide to go to the mountain resort. At the resort where the three couples continue to awkwardly encounter one another. Kenny finally has his fill of Erik, knocking him out with his guitar.
On a voyage home, the ship's captain performs a double wedding ceremony
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Filming started August 1964. The parts of the movie that were supposed to be in Sweden were shot at [[Big Bear Lake]] and [[Lake Arrowhead, California]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059298/goofs I'll Take Sweden (1965) – Trivia – IMDb]</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059298/locations I'll Take Sweden (1965) – Filming locations]</ref>
Director Frederick De Cordova saw [[Luci Baines Johnson]], daughter of President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], dance the [[Watusi (dance)|Watusi]] at a White House barbecue. He offered her a role in the film but she declined on the grounds she had to go to school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Luci Offered Film Role|author=Winzola McLendon|work=[[The Washington Post
==Critical reception==
[[Howard Thompson (film critic)|Howard Thompson]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' loathed the film: "The picture is an altogether asinine little romp . . . Nothing can save this tattered, old-fashioned dip."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9804EFDF103CE733A25751C1A96E9C946491D6CF
''Variety'' called it "a brisk and tuneful comedy."<ref>{{cite book|chapter=I'll Take Sweden|title=Variety film reviews|url=https://archive.org/details/varietyfilmrevie0011unse/page/n205/mode/1up?|page=205|date=29 May 1965}}</ref> Other reviews were mixed.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Van Dyke Amusing in Faltering Comedy: Road to Sweden Leads Hope Astray|author=Philip Kopper|work=The Washington Post and Times-Herald |date=July 1, 1965|page=D25}}</ref> ''Filmink'' felt the film ad "a superb idea for a comedy, but it was not exploited properly... Instead, we get a cringey “silent majority” style late period Hope movie, which never feels as though it takes place in Sweden. Avalon’s performance is utterly fine, completely professional – it’s not his fault that the film isn’t good."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|title=The movie stardom of Frankie Avalon|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-movie-stardom-of-frankie-avalon/|date=28 December 2024|access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>
Hope was so impressed with Avalon's work, he signed Avalon to appear on his television show.<ref>{{cite news|title=Skelton Hailed as Pied Piper of Fun: London Paper Asks Why His Show Hasn't Played Britain|author=Hopper, Hedda|author-link=Hedda Hopper|date=Sep 10, 1964|work=Los Angeles Times|page=C12}}</ref>
==See also==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0059298}}
{{Frederick de Cordova}}
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[[Category:1965 films]]
[[Category:American comedy films]]
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[[Category:English-language films]]▼
[[Category:Films directed by Frederick de Cordova]]
[[Category:Films produced by Edward Small]]
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[[Category:Films shot in California]]
[[Category:United Artists films]]
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