Poll: Your favourite CLIFF RICHARD FILM!

[Rowdon]

Has this been done? If it has, sorry, but reading the birthday tributes, I thought this would be a good idea.



It's a tough call, because you might recognise that one of his films is objectively a better film than your favourite, and even your favourite may (actually, will) have some awful bits in it, but that's the question: which is your favourite, personally?



I think I'll go for The Young Ones, because of the final concert, and specifically the suits they're wearing ... or maybe Expresso Bongo ... or ...

[wadsy]

I'd pick The Young Ones as well for the same reason. (Original Shadows too)!

[phil]

The Young Ones.

[julian_craster]

Expresso Bongo, for Susan Hampshire.....

[Ray]

Expresso Bongo, for Sylvia Syms!

[rose ellen]

I picked Finders Keepers because I remember going to see it with a few friends when I was at school.I think it was the first time I went to the cinema which was in a different town at the time without my parents either going with me or driving me over there.

[darrenburnfan]

Summer Holiday for me, it always was and always will be. Breathtaking CinemaScope; Glorious Technicolor; Wonderful music and songs; exotic, sun-kissed locations plus Cliff; The Shadows; Laurie Peters and that bus! Who could ask for more? I remember back in 1963 when a film magazine record review compared Elvis Presley's latest soundtrack LP (it may have been It Happened at the World's Fair) with Cliff's Summer Holiday soundtrack LP and stated that the Summer Holiday LP was far, far better than Elvis's offering and the songs and musical arrangements left Elvis's tracks sounding very mediocre by comparison.

[batman]

Expresso Bongo .... for Laurence Harvey!

[Maurice]

WONDERFUL LIFE - for the Bruce Welch composition, 'Theme for Young Lovers', which Marlene Dietrich later added to her repertoire as both lyricist and singer.



The instrumental is included on a double CD 'The Shadows - Complete Singles As and Bs 1959-1980':

"...A wistful, yearning track that has a haunting quality about it. At the time when it was recorded Bruce was ill, so Hank Marvin dubbed the rhythm guitar part on."

[Onedin]

As far as I've seen his films, I voted for Summer Holiday.

[Grant]

I voted for Finders Keepers. A childhood favourite and the great Robert Morley is in it.

[sanndevil]

Expresso Bongo for me - again because of the Lithuanian.

[Rowdon]

Still no takers for Take Me High, then? Can you resist this?

[stuart.scot]

Has this been done? If it has, sorry, but reading the birthday tributes, I thought this would be a good idea.



It's a tough call, because you might recognise that one of his films is objectively a better film than your favourite, and even your favourite may (actually, will) have some awful bits in it, but that's the question: which is your favourite, personally?



I think I'll go for The Young Ones, because of the final concert, and specifically the suits they're wearing ... or maybe Expresso Bongo ... or ...

I picked Summer Holiday, but notice Two A Penny has none. Because it was produced by Billy Graham's film company, it never got general release. A pity because Cliff gives a great performance as a drug dealer whose girl finds God



Striesand was considered for SH. Just think how big the film would have been with her in it

[wellendcanons]

name='Onedin']

As far as I've seen his films, I voted for Summer Holiday.

I've seen all Cliff's films Nathalie and this for me is his best one.



wec

[smudge]

TAKE ME HIGH - Can't resist the local locations (one of which I used to work in!) and a Brumburger!!



Smudge

[John Hamilton]

Don't want to be unkind but don't often associate the words 'favourite film' with Cliff Richard. if you held a gun to my head I'd opt for Expresso Bongo- for Sylvia Sims and Lawrence Harvey

[pelam123]

name='smudge']

TAKE ME HIGH - Can't resist the local locations (one of which I used to work in!) and a Brumburger!!



Smudge

Me too, the greatest (and only!?) film made in Birmingham.

[Santonix]

The Young Ones, because it brings back lots of memories.

[Rowdon]

So - two weeks since the last vote, I think we can probably say that voting's closed, and I have to say that the poll gives a lovely little portrait of the forum's community (and not only because of the groovy new pastel colours - nice!): the only 'religious' film was left untouched, and at the beginning there was a lot of action around Expresso Bongo because if you had to choose a true 'Britmovie' from the list, it'd be that one ... but at the end of the day, the winner was Summer Holiday, and although I didn't vote for it, I'm glad it won. I mean, it had to, really, didn't it?