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Summer Holiday

  • 1963
  • Approved
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
2.1K
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Lionel Murton, Lauri Peters, and Cliff Richard in Summer Holiday (1963)
A fabulous 1960s musical: Four 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 manage a whole fleet. While on the road in France they pick up three 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 VERY ambitious mother and her aide 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. The young American boy turns out to be the missing American girl. Mayhem ensues as the lead character, Don (Cliff Richard) falls for Barbara. Eventually, when the eight 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 realizing how 'big' Don will become. The film ends with all eight people on a beach in Greece, very much enjoying their well-deserved holiday.
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Four bus mechanics and a stowaway travel Europe as a hotel, picking up singers. In Athens, the stowaway's mother has them arrested for kidnapping but then accepts her daughter's love for a m... Read allFour bus mechanics and a stowaway travel Europe as a hotel, picking up singers. In Athens, the stowaway's mother has them arrested for kidnapping but then accepts her daughter's love for a mechanic and they vacation in Greece.Four bus mechanics and a stowaway travel Europe as a hotel, picking up singers. In Athens, the stowaway's mother has them arrested for kidnapping but then accepts her daughter's love for a mechanic and they vacation in Greece.

  • Director
    • Peter Yates
  • Writers
    • Peter Myers
    • Ronald Cass
  • Stars
    • Cliff Richard
    • Lauri Peters
    • Melvyn Hayes
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    2.1K
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    • Director
      • Peter Yates
    • Writers
      • Peter Myers
      • Ronald Cass
    • Stars
      • Cliff Richard
      • Lauri Peters
      • Melvyn Hayes
    • 36User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Top Cast49

    Cliff Richard
    Cliff Richard
    • Don
    Lauri Peters
    Lauri Peters
    • Barbara
    Melvyn Hayes
    Melvyn Hayes
    • Cyril
    Una Stubbs
    Una Stubbs
    • Sandy
    Teddy Green
    • Steve
    Pamela Hart
    • Angie
    Jeremy Bulloch
    Jeremy Bulloch
    • Edwin
    Jacqueline Daryl
    • Mimsie
    Madge Ryan
    Madge Ryan
    • Stella
    Lionel Murton
    Lionel Murton
    • Jerry
    Christine Lawson
    • Annie
    Ron Moody
    Ron Moody
    • Orlando
    David Kossoff
    David Kossoff
    • Magistrate
    Wendy Barrie
    • Shepherdess
    • (as Wendy Barry)
    • …
    Nicholas Phipps
    Nicholas Phipps
    • Wrightmore
    Hank B. Marvin
    • Hank B. Marvin
    • (as The Shadows)
    Bruce Welch
    • Bruce Welch
    • (as The Shadows)
    Brian Locking
    • Brian Locking
    • (as The Shadows)
    • Director
      • Peter Yates
    • Writers
      • Peter Myers
      • Ronald Cass
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    • Trivia
      In an interview, Melvyn Hayes, who played Cyril, revealed that he and Cliff Richard had to learn to drive London double-decker buses before going off to film in Greece. The instructors only taught them for around half an hour. With such little training it would have been hard enough to drive on British roads, but they had to drive round bends on the cliffs of Greece. Hayes also revealed that he and Cliff were terrified during those sequences.
    • Goofs
      Cliff and his mates are wearing the same clothes for 7 days during the bus repairs/remodelling.
    • Quotes
      • Angie: Do you call everybody Charlie?
      • Steve: Only the people I like.
    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are in black and white with a montage of shots of a rainy British summer.
    • Connections
      Featured in That's Showbusiness: Holiday Special (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Seven Days To A Holiday
      By Peter Myers Ronald Cass
      Sung by Cliff Richard and The Mike Sammes Singers (uncredited)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • March 15, 1963 (Ireland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Holiday für dich und mich
    • Filming locations
      • Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Ivy Films
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    Box office

    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,315
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 47m(107 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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