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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1963 DVD Release: 05/21/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Musical, Road Movie, Musical Comedy See Also: Summer Holiday

British filmmaker Peter Yates directs singer Cliff Richard in the starring role in this early 1960s pop music romp. Richard plays Don, a mechanic who, with three friends, is preparing to launch an offbeat European continental travel service using an old London double-decker bus. On a test run, they collide with a car occupied by a group of female rock musicians, demolishing it -- so they offer to give the girls a ride to Athens. They also pick up an American pop singer, Barbara (Lauri Peters), who is posing as a boy to hide from her press agent and mother, who refuse to allow her a vacation from a demanding tour schedule. Don and Barbara fall in love, but Barbara's mother accuses him of abducting her, and the bus and the music roll on to Greece after a series of comic misadventures. The cast includes the real rock group The Shadows. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

Cliff Richard - Don
Lauri Peters - Barbara
Melvyn Hayes - Cyril
Una Stubbs - Sandy
The Shadows - Themselves
Teddy Green - Steve

Cliff Richard stars in another of his lighthearted musical comedies, Summer Holiday, that comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by director Peter Yates, the theatrical trailer, and a biography of Richard. This is a strong disc from Anchor Bay that is available as well in a three pack that contains a pair of other Cliff Richard vehicles. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide