''Don't Just Stand There!'' is a 1968 American

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directed by Ron Winston and written by Charles Williams. It is based on the 1966 novel ''The Wrong Venus'' by Charles Williams. The film stars

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and Vincent Beck. The film was released on May 1, 1968, by

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Plot

A famous author, Sabine Manning, has yet to finish her latest sex-themed novel and is on a European cruise with Merriman Dudley, her manager and lover. Her exasperated publisher Martine Randall, in an exchange of favors, asks adventurer Lawrence Colby to pursue her. Colby discovers that Kendall Flanagan, mistaken for Sabine, has been kidnapped. Kendall's

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skills help her escape when Colby comes to her rescue. Colby learns that Sabine no longer wants to write about sex, so he urges her to finish the completed novel under a pseudonym. Kendall complicates matters by becoming involved in another gangster's crime, but Colby is ultimately able to get everything settled.

Cast

as Lawrence Colby *

as Martine Randall *

as Sabine Manning *

as Merriman Dudley *

as Kendall Flanagan *Vincent Beck as Painter * Joseph V. Perry as Jean-Jacques *

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as Remy * Émile Genest as Henri *David Mauro as Jules * Penny Santon as Renée * Joseph Bernard as Police Inspector

Trivia

Director Ron Winston (1932-1973) worked with star Robert Wagner on the previous year's Universal Pictures release "Banning" (1967). To date, "Don't Just Stand There!" has never had a legal homevideo release on any format from any country.

References

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* * 1968 films 1968 comedy films American comedy films Films based on American novels Films set in France Universal Pictures films 1960s English-language films Films directed by Ron Winston 1960s American films Films based on works by Charles Williams (American author) {{1960s-US-film-stub