Beach Party (1963)
Surfs up and the Beach is really swinging!
101 min
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.
- Release date
- August 7, 1963
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $300,000
- Box office
- $2,300,000
Cast
- Robert Cummings as Professor Sutwell
- Dorothy Malone as Marianne
- Frankie Avalon as Frankie
- Annette Funicello as Dolores
- Morey Amsterdam as Cappy
- Harvey Lembeck as Eric Von Zipper
- Eva Six as Ava
- John Ashley as Ken
- Jody McCrea as Deadhead
- Dick Dale & His Del-Tones as Bar Band
Crew
- William Asher · Director
- Lou Rusoff · Writer
- James H. Nicholson · Producer
- Lou Rusoff · Producer
- Les Baxter · Composer
- Kay Norton · Cinematographer
- Homer Powell · Editor