Review of I'll Take Sweden (1965) by Katie M — 12 Aug 2010

The cast had me sold right off the bat -- Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, and Frankie Avalon. And all 3 delivered exactly what I was hoping/expecting. However, this film should have been titled "Beating Around the Bush.

" The VERY thinly-veiled references to premarital sex were sooooo maddening!!! It felt as if the censors were right there next to the camera. And this was 1965 for crying out loud!! Ugh. That, and Jeremy Slate's so-called Swedish accent sounded like a cross between Bono and the Swedish chef.

Also thought it was pretty laughable how they continuously compared Sweden's alleged "loose morals" with the alleged upstanding morals of Americans. That's some impressive propaganda there.

Still, Hope, Weld, and Avalon were great.