If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Mel Stuart

Writer:

David Shaw (writer)

Release Date:

24 April 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Europe sent us Dutch Elm Disease, German Measles and Russian Roulette. We sent them World-Wind Vacation tour #225. Now we're even.

Plot:

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven countries in 18 days. Included in the group are Samantha Perkins...

Plot Keywords:

Kleptomaniac | Tourist | Bus Tour | Fondue | France

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Suzanne Pleshette	...	Samantha Perkins
Ian McShane	...	Charlie Cartwright
Mildred Natwick	...	Jenny Grant
Murray Hamilton	...	Fred Ferguson
Sandy Baron	...	John Marino
Michael Constantine	...	Jack Harmon
Norman Fell	...	Harve Blakely
Peggy Cass	...	Edna Ferguson
Marty Ingels	...	Bert Greenfield
Pamela Britton	...	Freda
Reva Rose	...	Irma Blakely
Aubrey Morris	...	Harry Dix
Hilary Thompson	...	Shelly Ferguson (as Hilarie Thompson)
Luke Halpin	...	Bo
Mario Carotenuto	...	Giuseppe

Runtime:

Argentina:105 min | USA:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | UK:A (original rating) | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | USA:G (edited for re-rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:M (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Wolper Pictures

Trivia:

During one of the interludes that Shelly Ferguson (Hilary Thompson) spends with the free-spirited Bo (Luke Halpin), she admires the slogan "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came" that he has displayed on his motorcycle. That phrase is also the title of the next (and last) movie in which their co-star, Pamela Britton, appeared before her untimely death in 1974.

Quotes:

Fred Ferguson: [angrily frustrated, to a clueless Italian cobbler] Tan! Y'understand tan?

Movie Connections:

Followed by If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Row Row Your Boat

A character actors showcase.

What makes this 1969 movie so entertaining is the collection of character actors who are given an opportunity to showcase their talents. Lots of little stories about a group of American tourist who are essentially barnstorming their way through Europe on a tour bus make up the plot. Each one of them has some special experience in one of their many tour stops.

This is one of those movies that can be watched over and over and never gets old. It is doubtful that a film like this could be made now because there just doesn't seem to be the same kind of character actors today who could appear and deliver in small scenes like the performers in this movie do.