Summer Holiday (1963)

Director:

Peter Yates

Writers:

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

Release Date:

18 February 1963 (UK)

Genre:

Musical | Romance

Tagline:

From the First Kiss to the Last Blush It's the Craziest Riot On Wheels!

Plot:

A fabulous 60s Musical - 4 London Bus mechanics strike up a deal with London Transport. They do up a double decker London Bus...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Cliff Richard	...	Don
Lauri Peters	...	Barbara Winters
Melvyn Hayes	...	Cyril
Una Stubbs	...	Sandy
Teddy Green	...	Steve
Pamela Hart	...	Angie
Jeremy Bulloch	...	Edwin
Jacqueline Daryl	...	Mimsie
Madge Ryan	...	Stella Winters
Lionel Murton	...	Jerry
Christine Lawson	...	Annie
Ron Moody	...	The Great Orlando
David Kossoff	...	Magistrate
Wendy Barrie	...	Shepherdess
Nicholas Phipps	...	Mr. Wrightmore

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Aldenham Bus Depot, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Elstree Distributors

Trivia:

A young Barbra Streisand was first considered for the role of the American stowaway Barbara, but was then deemed "too big" (as in too famous) for the part and would take the limelight away from Cliff Richard.

Quotes:

Cyril: [singing] There's something nasty round the bend!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Young Ones: Summer Holiday (#2.6)" (1984)

Soundtrack:

A Swingin' Affair

"We're going where the sun shines brightly, we're going where the sea is blue"

Redefines family entertainment. I had totally forgotten about this mini-musical until I came across it on the IMDb just five minutes ago, whilst looking for something else that I really don't care about now.

Dear old Sir Cliff! What a time to be 18/19! I was actually just 17 when this came out and so hopelessly in love with my cousin there WAS nothing else in my life at the time. God was feeling charitable towards me in those days and orchestrated events so that she happened to come to my hometown and stay over. I asked her to go to the local theater with me and we sat in the back row watching this film....least SHE did, I had other things on my mind! What does the plot matter? Cliff as a bus driver taking his friends (Cliff's backing group - The Shadows...how odd I can remember those names...Jet Harris, Tony Meehan and Hank Marvin....and I haven't even thought about them for forty years!) on a European vacation and picking up girls on the way - between songs of course.

God! I'd like to see this again! I still have the original 45 rpm release! (for those of you could really care).