Summer Holiday

– 1960s musical showcasing Cliff Richard. Four bus mechanics working for London Transport strike up a ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 47 Minutes
Release Year:
1963
Summer Holiday (1963)

1960s musical showcasing Cliff Richard. Four bus mechanics working for London Transport strike up a deal with the company: they do up a one of the company's legendary red double decker buses and take it to southern Europe as a mobile hotel. If it succeeds, they will be put in charge of a whole fleet. While on the road in France they pick up three young British ladies whose car breaks down and offer to take them to their next singing job in Athens. They also pick up a stowaway, who hides the fact that she's a famous American pop star on the run, chased by the media and her parents.

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Producing Country:
UK
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Release Date:

18 Feb 1963

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Approved

Director:

Peter Yates

Writer:

Peter Myers (original story and screenplay), Ronald Cass (original story and screenplay)

Main Actors:

Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes, Una Stubbs

Plot:

A fabulous 60s Musical - 4 London Bus mechanics strike up a deal with London Transport. They do up a double decker London Bus, drive it around Europe as a hotel and if they make it they will own and be in charge of a whole fleet. While on the road in France they pick up 3 ladies whose car breaks down and offer to take them to their next singing job in Athens. They also pick up a stowaway. A young, American boy. Meanwhile, a young American female singer has gone missing. Her mother (who is a VERY ambitious woman) and her aid take the story to the press and it makes the front page. They do all they can to make the story run for as long as possible, including misdirecting the bus up an extremely steep Yugoslavian hill. We find out the young American boy is actually the young American girl who is missing. Mayhem ensues as the lead character, Don (Cliff Richard) falls for Barbara. Eventually, when the 8 bus riders reach Athens, they're arrested for kidnapping. In front of her mother and a Ballroom filled with world-press, Barbara and Don declare their love for each other and the mother accepts (after realising how 'big' Don will become). When the film ends, all eight people are at a Grecian beach and very much enjoying their well deserved holiday!

Production:

American International Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10