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The most memorable getaways, from Cliff Richard’s classic to some chilling, perpetual-daylight horror in Sweden
“We’ve seen it in the movies, now let’s see if it’s true.” Cinema has always had a soft spot for the azure skies, sun-blessed landscapes and limpid seas of the ideal getaway destination. Peter Yates’s musical gave us four lads on a very British, of-its-time caper through Europe on a London omnibus, buoyed by that title song, sung by Cliff Richard with a tone of summery longing. Continue reading...