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Beach Party

Play trailer Poster for Beach Party 1963,  1h 41m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Stream Now Watchlist 57% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 42% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
57% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 42% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Dolores (Annette Funicello) and Frankie (Frankie Avalon), attractive young surfers in Southern California, are just out for a good time. Their relaxed lifestyle fascinates Professor Sutwell (Bob Cummings), an anthropologist who decides to study the social lives of teens. A series of beach-themed films would follow the blueprint set by this one, which hinges on romantic rivalries, rugged motorcyclists, an attempted crime and plenty of handsome people.
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Vincent Canby Variety Mar 26, 2009
Beach Party is a bouncy bit of lightweight fluff, attractively cast, beautifully set (Malibu Beach), and scored throughout with a big twist beat. It has a kind of direct, simple-minded cheeriness. Go to Full Review
Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media Jan 13, 2015
2/5
Silly '60s surf musical with stereotypes, sexual situations. Go to Full Review
David Cornelius Popcornworld Mar 25, 2013
a barrage of live-action cartoon madness aimed at the in-the-moment entertainment atmosphere of, well, a party. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 7, 2005
2/5
Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) Aug 11, 2002
4/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Aug 7, 2002
3/5
First of the long-running series. Not that bad and good nostalgia Go to Full Review
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Hermione S Apr 24, 2010 Silly '60s surf musical with stereotypes, sexual situations.
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William Asher

Director

Bob Cummings

Professor Sutwell

Dorothy Malone

Marianne

Frankie Avalon

Frankie

Annette Funicello

Dolores

Harvey Lembeck

Eric Von Zipper

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Synopsis Dolores (Annette Funicello) and Frankie (Frankie Avalon), attractive young surfers in Southern California, are just out for a good time. Their relaxed lifestyle fascinates Professor Sutwell (Bob Cummings), an anthropologist who decides to study the social lives of teens. A series of beach-themed films would follow the blueprint set by this one, which hinges on romantic rivalries, rugged motorcyclists, an attempted crime and plenty of handsome people.
Director
William Asher
Producer
James H. Nicholson, Lou Rusoff
Screenwriter
Lou Rusoff
Production Co
Alta Films Productions, American International Pictures (AIP)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 14, 1963, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 41m
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