The Take (1974)

Crime fighter Terry Sneed arrives in New Mexico to help out a local police chief - but he's already taking money from the underworld.

Director:

Robert Hartford-Davis

Writers:

Franklin Coen, G.F. Newman (novel)

Stars:

Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Billy Dee Williams	...	Sneed
Eddie Albert	...	Chief Berrigan
Frankie Avalon	...	Danny James
Sorrell Booke	...	Oscar
Tracy Reed	...	Nancy
Albert Salmi	...	Dolek
Vic Morrow	...	Manso
A Martinez	...	Tallbear
James Luisi	...	Benedetto
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kathrine Baumann	...	James' Girl (as Kathy Bauman)
John Davis Chandler	...	Man with Braces (as John Chandler)
Robert Miller Driscoll	...	Elliot
Kathleen Hughes	...	School Nurse
William Sargent	...	Barry Indus
Vernon Weddle	...	Vanessi

Storyline

Crime fighter Terry Sneed arrives in New Mexico to help out a local police chief - but he's already taking money from the underworld.

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Plot Keywords:

counterfeit plates | car chase | rum collins | champagne | beer | 

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Taglines:

Meet the brother with a badge . . . on the take who takes on the mob and wins both ways!

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cash

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

World Film Services

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Billy Dee Williams and Vic Morrow previously appeared in The Glass House (1972).

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Goofs

When Sneed is chasing one of Manso's trucks, the left tail light of Sneed's car is shown being knocked out, but it's there again in the succeeding long shot, and continues to reappear and disappear throughout the chase.

User Reviews

This is actually a VERY unique movie!

I'm giving this movie a high/er mark because it is VERY unique! In fact I'd give it higher than an 8, but everything MUST have a flaw...the '8' is actually like a '10'...or '11' on an amplifier...or "ludicrous speed", heh heh! Billy Dee's character is a VERY confident, effective yet crooked cop. Imagine that...a character like that...in 1974! He REALLY is the star of the movie and takes no shorts! But, surprisingly, he also prevails in the end! Amazing! It would seem that, in those times especially, white audiences would have wanted to see this black character fall in the end. He's a bad guy...who prevails in the end! Not even white characters did this often back then! Billy is VERY smooth in this movie...a testament to how big a star he was/IS...and I'm CERTAIN this role helped him Land the 'Lando' character a relative few years later...because, again, it is such a RARE character...to even have existed in movie history...and, I can't emphasize enough, at THAT time in our, American history! You get the feeling this movie slipped though the cracks to even be MADE...much like 'The Spook Who Sat by the Door'...which came out the same year...both probably receiving the same, shelved fate at the box office...BECAUSE they were such anomalies...with themes that understandably made white America...unsettled, to say the least. And a nod to Vic Morrow's character...HORRIBLE how this GREAT actor died in real life. He, too, was VERY good in this movie...and pretty much anything, Like Williams, you will ever see him in. Well...it's about to come on (Bounce TV, 1:00 AM, 6/28/15...I WAS here!)...I'm going to watch it for a second time now...maybe with an amendment or two later (another post if compelled/allowed?). Be well movie enthusiasts! THIS one...is a rare gem! Update! 3:00 AM...just watched again. Surprised I remembered this movie so well and stand by my above review! Correction, however...'The Spook Who Sat By the Door' came out in '73...the same year as 'Soylent Green'...maybe I'll do reviews on those...2 of my favorites of ALL time...so simple reviews WON'T be as easy!