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60% Critic Match
Beach Party
“Surfs up and the Beach is really swinging!”
6.0 / 10• 1963• 1h 41m•NR• English
ComedyMusic
Storyline
Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric Von Zipper and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones.
Cast & Crew
Robert Cummings
Professor Sutwell
Lead
Dorothy Malone
Marianne
Frankie Avalon
Frankie
Annette Funicello
Dolores
Morey Amsterdam
Cappy
Harvey Lembeck
Eric Von Zipper
Eva Six
Ava
John Ashley
Ken
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Asher's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Beach Party is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
