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| name = I'll Take Sweden
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| studio = Edward Small Productions
| distributor = [[United Artists]]
| released = June{{Film date|1965|06|18, 1965 (|USA)}}
| 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 starringstars [[Bob Hope]], [[Frankie Avalon]], and [[Tuesday Weld]].
 
==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, that turns out to be invalid, due to a navigation error. Soso it needs to be done again.
 
==Principal castCast==
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==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|title=Bob Hope in Sweden|newspaper=The New York Times|date=12 August 1965|last1=Thompson|first1=Howard}}</ref> OtherAt reviewsleast wereone mixed.<ref>{{Citeexhibitor news|title=Vanhad Dykehis Amusingcomplaints in Faltering Comedypublished: Road to Sweden Leads"Bob Hope Astray|author=Philipis Kopper|work=Theno Washingtongood Postin andthis Times-Heraldpicture. |date=JulyNo 1,plot. 1965|page=D25}}</ref>Corny. HopeNo wasgood sofor impresseda withdouble Avalon's work, he signed Avalon to appear on his television showfeature."<ref>{{cite news|title=Skelton Hailed as Pied Piper of Funhttps://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/27565510/boxoffice-october041965 LondonBoxoffice, PaperOctober Asks Why His Show Hasn't Played Britain|author=Hopper4, Hedda|author-link=Hedda Hopper|date=Sep 101965, 1964|work=Losp. Angeles Times|page=C12}}154.</ref>
 
''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}}
* {{AllMovie title|24173}}
 
{{Frederick de Cordova}}
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[[Category:Films shot in California]]
[[Category:United Artists films]]
[[Category:1960s American films]]