Take a Powder is a 1953 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed by Lionel Tomlinson and Julian Vedey and starring Vedey, Max Bacon and Isabel George. It was written by Rex Diamond and Vedey, and made at Brighton Studios. The plot is set against the backdrop of the developing Cold War.

Plot

Atomic scientist Professor Schultz is a hospital doctor and is kidnapped by a foreign power interested in his research. Meanwhile, Maxie, a market trader quack seeing selling his "Cure-All Atomic Powder" is mistaken for Schultz and put in charge of the hospital. With the help of a Scotland Yard detective, Schultz's niece Betty rescues the Professor.