Two Guys Abroad
{{Short description|1962 British film by Don Sharp}}
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| name = [https://www.twoguysabroad.com/ Two Guys Abroad]
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| director = Don Sharp
| producer = Ian Warren
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Maurie Suess
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| starring = George Raft
Maxie Rosenbloom
Diana Decker
Diane Todd
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| studio = Summit Films
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| released = {{Film date|1962|||intended}}
| runtime = 75 mins
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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Two Guys Abroad is an unreleased 1962 British film directed by Don Sharp and starring George Raft and Maxie Rosenbloom.{{Cite web |title=Two Guys Abroad |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150301700 |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20120804222106/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b77edfff9 Two Guys Abroad] at BFI{{cite magazine |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |date=February 9, 2020 |title=Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/stars-stop-stars-george-raft/ |magazine=Filmink}} The screenplay was by Alex Gottlieb. It was intended as a pilot for a TV series or as a B movie. Neither eventuated.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=do_mYtgrjSAC&q=%22two+guys+abroad%22+%22george+raft%22&pg=PA183|first=Everett|last= Aaker|title=The Films of George Raft|publisher=McFarland & Company|year= 2013|page= 183|isbn=9780786466467}}{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-filmmakers-don-sharp-top-25/|magazine=Filmink|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25|date=July 27, 2019}}
Plot
A pair of Piccadilly Club owners continually get in trouble.
Cast
- George Raft as nightclub owner
- Maxie Rosenbloom as nightclub owner
- Diane Todd
- Diana Decker
- David Lawton
- Barbara Lashbrook
Production
The film was shot at Shepperton Studios in March 1962.{{cite web | url=https://www.pinewoodgroup.com/pinewood-today/credits/two-guys-abroad | title=Two Guys Abroad }} George Raft and Maxie Rosenbloom were old friends; Raft even once owned a share in Rosenbloom when the latter was a boxer.Share in Rosenbloom Bought by George Raft The Washington Post 7 Aug 1934: 13
Director Don Sharp later recalled "at the time there was a fashion for these 'products'. They were made for a double purpose: as a pilot episode for a TV series; if that failed, for release as a B movie supporting the main feature. Very few of them even made the grade."
Sharp said the film was made "on a very small budget in very minimal time... a terrible script." He said the film was made because Maurie Seuss had "come into money and wanted to make a movie"; Seuss had been George Raft's dresser.{{cite interview |last=Sharp |first=Don |subject-link= |interviewer=
Teddy Darvas and Alan Lawson |title=Don Sharp Side 3|work= |date=2 November 1993 |publisher=History Project |location=London |url= https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/don-sharp|access-date=14 July 2021}}
Sharp says he "got on very well with George – the complete Hollywood pro. He was amiable, always ribbing Maxie; constantly doing his coin-flipping act; and likely at any moment to break into a few dance steps – for no particular reason. There is a photo of me and my camera operator on the camera dolly with George doing the grip's job and pushing it because he said, he always wanted a real job." Filming took three weeks. "We're just aiming to make a film that will entertain people for 75 minutes or so," said Suess.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0056623}}
{{Don Sharp}}
Category:Films directed by Don Sharp
Category:1960s English-language films
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