This has a great wish fulfilment central idea - driving a bus around Europe with your mates, picking up some girls to come along - and has the bright idea of adding a Roman Holiday style plot about a runaway film star who joins them.
The locations are bright and colourful and its been written and choreographed like a real musical - the songs support story and character, the numbers are real West End/Broadway stuff (Herbert Ross did the job).
The main debit is Lauri Peters as the star. She can sing and dance and act but she's far too young - it's really uncomfortable. Cliff Richard is winning in the lead, although it is awkward now watching him with Peters when she's meant to be a 14 year old boy. Nice tunes.
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