How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967)

How sad is this?

Highly Overrated But Still Good

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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

From "With A Song In My Heart", in the 1950s, to the present day the performances of Robert Wagner have always been believable. This actor's body of work represents a person who takes pride in their craft and does not take themselves too seriously.This "small" movie afforded Robert Wagner the opportunity to present the scope of his acting chops. As the story unfolded, it became more compelling to watch. I found myself reacting to the slowly mounting tension. The locale was most beautiful. A decision to use a yacht as a focal point of the setting seemed ingenious. Peter Lawford provided a character with an appearance of urbanity that concealed something rather evil. It would be a mistake to not mention the beautiful actress, Jill St, John. I've seen this movie quite a few times over the ensuing years, always with enjoyment. Seeing it in my mind's eye from a distance of 38 years it is still as clear as yesterday. A simple summer vacation slowly morphs into a cunning, chilling and thriller hunt presented as one of the most amazing chess games in a story environment.

This movies was so very cool, wry, challenging, ahead of it's time. Young man gets into a escalating war of nerves/ competition with the haughty, ubber mench father of his summer girlfriend, Things get very out of hand. It's a shame this is not out on a loaded DVD; maybe with Robert Wagner's star glistening on high someone will pop it out. Hope so- it's BRILLIANT. I would cast Tobey MaGuire and Dennis Farina in the remake. Chris Browne

What a shame that "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" is not available on video. As other's have mentioned, in the "good old days" our local UHF-TV outlets would play it a few times a year. Now one is a home shopping outlet and the other a UA affiliate that rarely plays movies.This is one of those "B" movies with Austin Powers and Derek Flint appeal. It was made when I was only 14 years old and it was very cool (or "tough" as we would say) to see Jill St.John lounging on the deck of a yatch and Robert Wagner save himself by being able to hold his breath longer than anyone else.Well, maybe when all of media is databased, digitized and archived, some company will let me download a copy for $10.