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Summer Holiday
1963
Garage mechanic Don (Cliff Richard) persuades London Transport to loan him an old double-decker bus, which he and his mates transform into a hotel on wheels for a road trip across Europe. But when a beautiful runaway American pop star stows away on board, the boys are off on an international adventure of singing girl groups, .. Read more
| Starring | Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes, Una Stubbs |
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| Director | Peter Yates |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music/Musical |
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Summer Holiday
Garage mechanic Don (Cliff Richard) persuades London Transport to loan him an old double-decker bus, which he and his mates transform into a hotel on wheels for a road trip across Europe. But when a beautiful runaway American pop star stows away on board, the boys are off on an international adventure of singing girl groups, chatty French mimes and even a Yugoslavian bullwhip wedding. It's a singing and dancing race against time as Cliff and Co find friends, fun and maybe even love, all on a Summer Holiday!
| Starring | Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes, Una Stubbs, Teddy Green |
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| Director | Peter Yates |
| Studio | OPTIMUM RELEASING |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 05 Aug 2002 Production year: 1963 |
| Format | DVD |
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“Bachelor Boy” Cliff Richard is still making hit records nearly 40 years after this high-spirited romp. It's unlikely that his knighthood was awarded solely on the strength of this wholesome road movie (the less than august debut of director Peter Yates), in which four youths cross Europe in a London Transport double-decker bus. But there are plenty of fondly remembered songs, some splendid scenery and a willing supporting cast that includes Melvyn Hayes, who would again be upstaged by a bus later in his career as Alfred in the classic TV series The Double Deckers.
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As guys'n'gals commandeer a red London bus and head Europe-wards for sun, it's easy to mock the put-on jollity of it... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Cliff really rocks!!
Young Ones
The Shadows come off best here with their few lines and great instrumentals undermining the potential datedness of pop stars' movie appearances. However Cliff really rocks and even if the cinematic techniques would be bettered in the follow-up Summer Holiday, the music is just superb.
Just remember the great songs and the unbelievably handsome Cliff!
Wonderful Life
A truly nonsenscial muscial comedy, it's nevertheless Cliff Richard's best in the musical genre. ( He did a couple of dramatic films which were his best) A rather bland singer competing with his similar American counterparts Elvis Presley and Frankie Avalon, Richards fared no better than they in comedy and musical scripts. This one at least contains Susan Hampshire and Walter Slezak. What makes this movie so entertaining is the zippy pace and the surprisingly great dancing and choreography. The big dance number on the set by the whole crew is spectacular and rivals 'West Side Story'. Incidentally, the long-legged Richards keeps right up with the rest of them and does even better at it than his singing! The cute little send-up of the history of the movies is also very entertaining. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Holiday and a half
Cliff and the gang serve up two delightful movies. If you're a fan these films are a must - Cliff at his all singing, all dancing best.
Light hearted fun all the way. -
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Garage mechanic Don (Cliff Richard) persuades London Transport to loan him an old double-decker bus, which he and his mates transform into a hotel on wheels for a road trip across Europe. But when a ... -