is a 1962 American comedy film directed by James Neilson and produced by Walt Disney Productions.
It stars Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran as the Willard family on a European holiday.
[3] Harry Willard finally makes good his promise to take his bride of 20 years on a long-delayed trip by ship to Europe.
From the time they arrive at the dock, an unending series of comedy adventures and romantic encounters ensue until, exhausted but happy, they leave with memories that will stay with them all for years to come.
Joseph Hayes had written The Desperate Hours and Bon Voyage was his second book; he and his wife wrote it after taking a trip across the Atlantic.
Disney said it was likely Ken Annakin would direct with Karl Malden, James MacArthur and Janet Munro to star.
I'm really a gag man and missed the kind of pictures Frank Capra and Harold Lloyd used to make.
"[12] Eventually, Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, and Tommy Kirk were confirmed as the three leads,[13] but casting the daughter proved more difficult.
[21] Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote: "Everything possibly unearthable in the way of an obvious cliché involving the hick behavior of American tourists abroad seems to have been dug out from somewhere by the screen-playwright, Bill Walsh, and made to fit into this enactment of a family's vacation odyssey.
"[22] Variety stated: "Walt Disney dishes up another comedy blockbuster in this rollicking tour de force of an American family seeing Europe for the first time.