Very dated teenage offering which is unlikely to appeal to anyone anymore, though the spectacle of a London bus trundling through real European locations has a certain bizarre appeal. Mr Richard has an innocuous personality, an innocuous voice, and this film is all good clean very innocuous fun. The producers have made a big effort not to upstage Mr. Richard's very moderate talents. They do this by surrounding him with folk noticeably less talented and/or attractive. Still, girls are girls.OTHER VIEWS: Attractive 18-year-old American actress and dancer Lauri Peters makes her British film debut as Cliff Richard's leading lady in the new Associated British musical, "Summer Holiday". Lauri, fair-haired with dark eyes and a mischievous face, was chosen by producer Kenneth Harper for the role after he had flown to see her in New York on the recommendation of American choreographer Herb Ross, who moulded the thrilling dance numbers from Cliff's previous success, "The Young Ones", and who has engineered some even more spectacular numbers for "Summer Holiday". Herb had seen Lauri's work in a Broadway show called "First Impressions", and it was Lauri's own first impression which won her the "Summer Holiday" part. Lauri was born in Michigan and began studying ballet when she was six. Her ambitions have always veered towards acting and dancing and her early rigorous training paid off. — Associated British publicity.

Summer Holiday is directed by Peter Yates who also co-writes the story and screenplay with Ronald Cass. It stars Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes and Una Stubbs. Story sees Richard and three pals take a red London double decker bus into Europe for their summer holiday. On the way their adventure will see them pick up some girls and an assortment of characters. Fun, frolics and songs follow.Light on plot but big on heart, Summer Holiday is well dated and cheesy but still carries with it enough charm to entertain the undemanding musical fan. Some lively sequences dot themselves throughout, but it's with the foot tapping tunes that the picture remains most memorable. Stand outs include the title track, Batchelor Boy and The Next Time, while the presence of The Shadows is also a bonus. It's unlikely to make big fans of first timers who didn't have it as part of their childhood, but for many the nostalgia factor more than compensates for its 101 formula. And of course for fans of the ever amiable Cliff Richard, film remains essential. 6.5/10

Everyone must know the popular song, well this is the film where it came from. Basically four London Bus mechanics have made a deal with their superiors to a bus around Europe. They go through France, Yugoslavia and Greece throughout, there is a tiny bit of love story, and everyone is singing on the journey. That's about it. Cliff Richard as Don obviously gives the film its little spark, especially with the title song, which went to number one. Also starring Lauri Peters as Barbara Winters, Melvyn Hayes as Cyril, Worzel Gummidge's Una Stubbs as Sandy, Teddy Green as Steve, Pamela Hart as Angie, Jeremy Bulloch as Edwin, Jacqueline Daryl as Mimsie, Madge Ryan as Stella Winters, Lionel Murton as Jerry, Christine Lawson as Annie, Ron Moody as The Great Orlando, David Kossoff as Magistrate, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris Jet Harris and Tony Meehan. Not the most memorable musical ever, but bits of it are fun to watch. It was number 99 on The 100 Greatest Family Films. Worth watching!

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).