Don't Just Stand There!

Don't Just Stand There!
Don't Just Stand There!
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ron Winston
Screenplay by	Charles Williams
Based on	The Wrong Venus; by Charles Williams
Produced by	Stan Margulies
Starring	Robert Wagner; Mary Tyler Moore; Glynis Johns; Harvey Korman; Barbara Rhoades; Vincent Beck
Cinematography	Milton Krasner
Edited by	Richard Bracken
Music by	Nick Perito
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 1, 1968;
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Don't Just Stand There! is a 1968 American comedy film 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 Robert Wagner, Mary Tyler Moore, Glynis Johns, Harvey Korman, Barbara Rhoades and Vincent Beck. The film was released on May 1, 1968, by Universal Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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 karate 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.