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William Asher (writer)
Robert Dillon (writer)
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Release Date:
22 July 1964 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's where every torso is more so, and bare-as-you-dare is the rule! more
Plot:
A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is intending to build a retirement home. full summary | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
Obit: Jody McCrea, 'Beach Party' Star
(From The Wrap. 19 April 2009, 10:50 PM, PDT)
The Tide Goes Out For "Beach Party" Co-star Jody McCrea - A Tribute By Tom Lisanti
(From CinemaRetro. 18 April 2009, 8:39 AM, PDT)
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One of the best beach party movies more (14 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Frankie Avalon | ... | Frankie / Potato Bug |
 | Annette Funicello | ... | Dee Dee |
| Martha Hyer | ... | Vivian Clements |
 | Don Rickles | ... | Big Drag |
| Harvey Lembeck | ... | Eric Von Zipper |
| John Ashley | ... | Johnny |
| Jody McCrea | ... | Deadhead |
| Candy Johnson | ... | Candy |
| Danielle Aubry | ... | Lady Bug |
 | Meredith MacRae | ... | Animal |
| Delores Wells | ... | Sniffles |
| Paul Smith | ... | Cop #1 |
| James Westerfield | ... | Cop #2 |
 | Donna Loren | ... | Donna |
 | Stevie Wonder | ... | Himself (as Little Stevie Wonder) |
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99 min
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Color (Pathécolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Danielle Aubry's voice was dubbed by director 'William Asher (I)''s wife Elizabeth Montgomery more
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[about Harvey Huntington Honeywagon]
Frankie:
Can you belive it? The nerve of that guy!
Johnny:
Yeah, he looked like something out of the Twilight Zone.
Deadhead:
Imagine, comparing us to monkeys.
Frankie:
Deadhead, you may be the missing link.
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This Time It's Love more
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One of the funniest beach party movies made by AIP (or anybody), with a great cast and pretty funny script with no story involved. Such as it is involves the arrival of the Potato Bug (Avalon in a double role), a John Lennon-esque Britisher that all the beach girls swoon over. Annette seems to decide the endless summer might never end, and jumps ship to the Bug. Frankie and the Bug have to drag race it out at Don Ricle's aptly named "Big Drag" -- Rickles is anything but a drag, constantly mugging with the lines they throw him and everyone else's too. Frankie Avalon's double performance may not go down in history as the modern equivalent of John Barrymore, but it's all good fun worth a hundred minutes of my lifetime. Looks like Mike Myers might have been watching this one pretty closely too.