Wonderful Life 1964
Wonderful Life
Film - 1964
British musical film featuring Cliff Richard and The Shadows who get fired from a cruise ship and end up in the Canary Islands where they are hired to star in a movie while secretly making their own version of the film after hours.
Gillian with Cliff Richard on set
A sunny seaside spectacular, filled with romance, excitement and high spirits - not to mention a dozen musical numbers.
An original budget of £350,000 grew to £750,000, and inclement weather almost forced shooting in Gran Canaria in January of 1964 to re-locate to Puerto Rico, but the film still went on to become the fifth highest-grossing British film of 1964.
The film was released in the USA as ‘Swingers Paradise’.
Cast included: Cliff Richard, Susan Hampshire, Walter Slezak, Melvyn Hayes, Una Stubbs, Richard O’Sullivan, Gerald Harper, The Shadows - Hank Marvin, Brian Bennett and Bruce Welch
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Choreographer: Gillian Lynne
