Take a Powder

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Take a Powder
Directed by Lionel Tomlinson
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Ernest Palmer
Edited by Oscar Burn
Production
company
RLT Productions
Distributed byApex Film Distributors
Release date
1953
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Take a Powder is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Lionel Tomlinson and starring Julian Vedey, Max Bacon and Isabel George. [1] A B film, it was made at Brighton Studios. The plot is set against the backdrop of the developing Cold War.

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