Bon Voyage! (1962 film)
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1962 Theatrical Poster
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| Directed by | James Neilson |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Written by |
James A. Herne Charles Kenyon |
| Based on | novel by Joseph & Merrjane Hayes |
| Starring |
Fred MacMurray Jane Wyman Deborah Walley Tommy Kirk Kevin Corcoran |
| Music by | Paul Smith |
| Cinematography | William E. Snyder |
| Edited by | Cotton Warburton |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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130 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $5.5 million (rentals) |
Bon Voyage! is a 1962 Walt Disney film directed by James Neilson and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. Following their practice of the time, it was also issued as a comic book and an adaptation appeared in the comic strip Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales. It stars Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran as the Willard family on a European holiday. The family crossed the Atlantic Ocean on SS United States which survives today, stripped and moored at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The character actor James Millhollin appears in the film as the ship's librarian.
The film was based on a 1956 novel by Joseph and Merrijane Hayes. 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.
Film rights were bought by Universal before the book had even been published for $125,000 and it was announced the film would be produced by Ross Hunter and written by the Hayes'.Esther Williams was originally announced as star. Then James Cagney was going to play the lead. Filming dates were pushed back then Bing Crosby was linked to the project.
In early 1960, it was announced Disney had optioned the novel. Disney said it was likely Ken Annakin would direct with Karl Malden, James MacArthur and Janet Munro to star. Later Robert Stevenson was announced as director.
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