A slapstick comedy without words, this film concerns the adventures of a group of tourists on a holiday to France.
There are Mum (Joan Sims) and Dad (David Lodge), who are travelling in a Dormobile with Grandma (Lynne Carol, famous as Martha Longhurst from Coronation Street) and Grandad (Wilfrid Brambell); two hikers (Barbara Windsor and Ronnie Stevens), overladen with kit and travelling on foot; two young lovers (Rodney Bewes and Catherine Feller) in a sports car; and a young married couple with two sets of twins (Barrie Gosney and Anne Kellett).
Collectively, they survive right-hand drivers, French-speaking gendarmes, elusive campsites, and inflatable igloo tents.
Mum and Dad get tipsy and are embarrassed about undressing on the beach; Grandma makes herself sick with cream pastries; Grandad goes off with a militant, hard-drinking German camper (Ron Moody); the young lovers hardly see daylight, and the hikers set fire to their tent.
These are a few of the incidents in a story that has no end.
The 55-minute film – shot on a shoestring budget in Calais – was distributed in the UK as the supporting feature to Rotten To The Core.
Grandad
Wilfrid Brambell Mum
Joan Sims Dad
David Lodge Grandma
Lynne Carol German
Ron Moody Gendarme
Graham Stark Hiker Boy
Ronnie Stevens Hiker Girl
Barbara Windsor Lover Boy
Rodney Bewes Lover Girl
Catherine Feller Maitre d’Hotel
Warren Mitchell Immigration Officer
Aubrey Woods French Commercial Traveller
Hugh Paddick Madame of Hotel
Joan Sterndale-Bennett Mini Dad
Barrie Gosney Mini Mum
Anne Kellett Frenchman with onions
Tex Fuller
Director
Jeremy Summers
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