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Wonderful Life (1964)

Wonderful Life poster
Directed by
Sidney J. Furie
Genre
musical film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British musical follows a young pop singer and his band as they travel to a resort in Spain. They get involved with a group of people including a comically grumpy hotel owner and a spirited young woman.

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What happens

Wonderful Life (U.S.: Swingers' Paradise) is a 1964 British film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Cliff Richard, Walter Slezak, Susan Hampshire and the Shadows. It is the third in a series of film musicals starring Richard following The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (1963). It was written by Peter Myers and Ronald Cass, and choreographed by Gillian Lynne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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