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 ...
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| Cliff Richard | ... | Don | |
| Lauri Peters | ... | Barbara | |
| Melvyn Hayes | ... | Cyril | |
| Una Stubbs | ... | Sandy | |
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Teddy Green | ... | Steve |
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Pamela Hart | ... | Angie |
| Jeremy Bulloch | ... | Edwin | |
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Jacqueline Daryl | ... | Mimsie |
| Madge Ryan | ... | Stella | |
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Lionel Murton | ... | Jerry |
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Christine Lawson | ... | Annie |
| Ron Moody | ... | Orlando | |
| David Kossoff | ... | Magistrate | |
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Wendy Barrie | ... | Shepherdess / Dancer (as Wendy Barry) |
| Nicholas Phipps | ... | Wrightmore | |
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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 ... Written by Joliet and Flavia17
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18 February 1963 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Vacaciones de verano See more »Filming Locations:
The Elstree Studios of Associated British Picture Corporation, Hertfordshire, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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By Hank B. Marvin (as Hank Marvin) Bruce Welch Brian Bennett
Played by The Shadows (uncredited)
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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. See more »Goofs
When Bobby/Barbara settles down into the sleeping bag he/she still has his/her woman's shoes on. See more »Crazy Credits
"The Shadows and their guitars" are credited in the opening credits. See more »Soundtracks
Round and RoundBy Hank B. Marvin (as Hank Marvin) Bruce Welch Brian Bennett
Played by The Shadows (uncredited)
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The film-musical of Cliff Richard and The Shadows is a selection of brassy dance sets and a couple of The Shadows songs with a basic story where bus mechanics take a bus to France, pick up some girls going to Athens, and an American "boy" stows away to ensure a US cinema release. Along the way they stop in a very Greek looking Yugoslavia and meet some Kossacks (in Yugoslavia ?) who must have come across the Black Sea and got lost or kidnapped by Tito. Product placements - BEA airlines, Intervilla Holidays and BP Zoom Scooter 2 stroke fuel mix.