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Director:

William Asher

Writers:

William Asher (writer)
Robert Dillon (writer)
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Release Date:

22 July 1964 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance 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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One of the best beach party movies more (14 total)


Cast

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Danielle Aubry's voice was dubbed by director 'William Asher (I)''s wife Elizabeth Montgomery more

Quotes:

[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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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pitch (1997) more

Soundtrack:

This Time It's Love more


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
One of the best beach party movies, 4 October 2002
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Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

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.

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