How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967)
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- Approved
- 1h 40min
- Adventure, Drama
- 07 Jan 1967 (USA)
- TV Movie
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Cast
Robert Wagner | ... |
Jack Washington
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Peter Lawford | ... |
Ned Pine
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Lola Albright | ... |
Mrs. Pine
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Walter Pidgeon | ... |
Lewis Gannet
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Jill St. John | ... |
Nikki Pine
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Michael Ansara | ... |
Pucci
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Len Lesser | ... |
The Greek
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Alberto Morin | ... |
Jewelry Dealer
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Ralph Smiley | ... |
Mr. Amin
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Joni Webster | ... |
Miss Karali
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Lyn Peters | ... |
The Interviewer
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Asher Dann | ... |
Spanish Sailor
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Peter Camlin | ... |
Croupier
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Frank Delfino | ... |
Croupier's Assistant
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Francisco Ortega | ... |
First Spanish Man
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Vic Dunlop | ... |
Second Spanish Man
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Horst Ebersberg | ... |
First Guard
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Tiger Joe Marsh | ... |
Yoshiro
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Peter Pascal | ... |
Helicopter Pilot
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Rolfe Sedan | ... |
Waiter
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Jackie Coogan Jr. | ... |
Job Interviewee (uncredited)
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Directed by
William Hale |
Written by
Gene R. Kearney | ... | () (as Gene Kearney) |
Produced by
Jack Laird | ... | producer |
Music by
Lalo Schifrin |
Cinematography by
Bud Thackery |
Editing by
Douglas Stewart |
Editorial Department
Richard Belding | ... | supervising editor (as Richard A. Belding) |
Robert Brower | ... | color coordinator |
Casting By
Tom Jennings |
Art Direction by
Henry Larrecq |
Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr. | ... | (as John McCarthy) |
Perry Murdock |
Costume Design by
Helen Colvig |
Makeup Department
Larry Germain | ... | hair stylist |
Bud Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Ben Bishop | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Losee | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr. | ... | sound |
Music Department
Stanley Wilson | ... | music supervisor |
Ray Brown | ... | musician: acoustic double bass (uncredited) |
Don Ellis | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Shelly Manne | ... | musician: drums (uncredited) |
Tony Ortega | ... | musician: alto sax (uncredited) |
Lalo Schifrin | ... | conductor (uncredited) / score arranger (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1967) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (1967) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Far East (1967) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1968) (France) (theatrical) (theatrical release)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
American Jack Washington is hiding in Paris under an assumed name. He also sports a beard to hide his facial traits. One day he finds a job ad in the local paper. The agency interviewing him is a front for a secret organization hired to find him. At the job interview, the interviewers guess his real identity and tell him that he is accepted for the post. The job itself is that of a male companion for billionaire Lewis Gannet who lives in a castle in the Alps at the Swiss-Italian border. Jack is taken there by helicopter and is uneasy about his employer's abode which looks like a fortress, complete with armed uniformed guards, guard dogs and hi-tech security. Lewis Gannet recognizes that his new hire is in fact Jack Washington and invites him to a briefing room where he requests that Jack tells him the whole story of how Jack got involved with the family of millionaire Ned Pine. Jack Washington starts reminiscing about how he used to date Nikki Pine, the spoiled daughter of the rich Pine family. Her family never approved of Jack, who was poor, awkward, lacking social skills, on top of lacking sporting abilities and professional ambitions. Nikki eventually married another man. Years later, Jack moved to Paris and there he bumped into his old flame, Nikki. By this time, Nikki was divorced and free. She invites Jack on her parents' mega-yacht, moored in Monte-Carlo, to spend the whole summer with the Pine family. Although many years have passed since Jack was dating their daughter Nikki, the Pines waste no opportunity to humiliate their guest and to remind their daughter what a looser Jack is. The father especially, Ned Pine, who happens to be a very passionate and avid sports fanatic, constantly challenges Jack to a myriad of different games and sports available right there on the courts built aboard the huge yacht. Jack obliges but he always fails to defeat Mr. Pine who cannot stand to loose any game, especially when playing against Jack. But, during his stay on the yacht with the Pine family, Jack discovers strange facts about the family and about the real purpose of the cruise on the Mediterranean Sea. Suspecting that crime is involved, Jack starts documenting the daily facts into a journal he keeps in secret, where he attaches photos he daily takes on the yacht, sketches and drawings he makes, maps, bits and pieces of information he obtains through eavesdropping or by interrogating the yacht's crew and servants. What will he discover ? Written by nufs68 |
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Taglines | Crime and conspiracy on the bikini-splashed Riviera! See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Shown in 1968 in the UK as a cinema feature under the title "Deadly Roulette". It was highly praised by critics. The film was released in a double-bill with "The Secret War Of Harry Frigg"; it retained its new British title when shown on television years later. See more » |
Goofs | The script writers don't seem to have done their homework. Jack tells NikKi that they seem to be traveling north along the coast of Crete in the Aegean, and that if they want to go to Istanbul, they need to "turn north". Crete is in the Mediterranean not in the Aegean, and if they're heading north along the coast of Crete they're already heading straight for Istanbul. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Death Carries a Cane (1973). See more » |
Quotes |
Jack Washington:
[repeated to self]
... the only thing I was ever better at than anyone else, was holding my breath! See more » |