Did you people see the same film I saw?

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Blistering performances.

People forget that, in those days, before movies gave up trying to compete with TV and turned into the mostly CGI cartoon crap fest that it is today, there was serious doubt that the small screen could compete with it in the the long format drama. With production values that did not rise above the average TV drama, scripts that felt like 43 minute "hour- longs" padded out to 90 minutes, and cast lists bulging with TV-only actors, the early TV movies did not inspire confidence or critical praise. Since TV films could be shot at less cost the two independent hour episodes, it was seen as a cost-cutting move. This movie, more than any other flew in the face of that. Established film actors like Lawford, St. John and Pidgeon lent the film a more cinematic feel. The script was tighter and, in spots, the production values approximated, at least, movie ones and the actors, across the board, seemed to take the material seriously. All that convinced, I'm sure, more than a few movie folk (most of whom, it seemed, were still holding their noses at the thought of doing TV) that their might be something to those "lights and wires in a box."

Robert Wagner is very good portraying directionless young American, living abroad and working as a bartender, who chances to run into Jill St. John, a former girlfriend from college. She invites him to vacation with her family in Monte Carlo, which begins a series of oneupmanship games with Jill's father, a fanatic for competitive sports. Once Wagner realizes the wealthy titan is only vulnerable against one other person, he turns amateur sleuth in the hopes of exposing his host and his weakness. TV-made film with an apparently large budget, imaginative visual tricks and gorgeous locations. Though quite necessarily told in flashback, it is too bad the script and story are so ritzy that they occasionally confound the viewer, with a nervous breakdown/brainwashing midsection which seems an abstraction. Still good, however, and Wagner is more animated than usual (he often looks wounded or confused, which suits his handsome stoicism). Jill St. John is once again a curvy, haughty dish (in a variety of wacky sunglasses) and Peter Lawford is amazingly controlled and enigmatic as Wagner's adversary.

I am looking for a copy of the 1967 TV movie called "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" staring Robert Wagner. Without this movie my video collection is one taco short of a combination plate.Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of this movie" Or, should I give up eating Mexican food? Movie is outstanding. It seems I must write 10 lines of text for this message to be accepted for posting. So, let's see. This movie is a great adventure movie staring Robert Wagner. Although competitive by nature, Wagner's character always seems to come in second place and decides to make up a new game wherein he completes with Jill St. John's father in an effort to uncover how this man makes his money, which Wagner believes to be dishonest money. Wagner wins.Henry

To all the hunters of this great film please contact me as I will do the same when I find this gem. I will begin with Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee in North Hollywood and film clubs in Northern California. Thanks and good hunting Alan Lee Wong Stardust Productions