Muscle Beach Party
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| Muscle Beach Party | |
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| Directed by | William Asher |
| Produced by | Robert Dillon James H. Nicholson |
| Written by | Robert Dillon |
| Starring | Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Luciana Paluzzi John Ashley Don Rickles |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
| Cinematography | Harold E. Wellman |
| Editing by | Fred R. Feitshans, Jr. Eve Newman |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1964 |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Beach Party |
| Followed by | Bikini Beach |
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Muscle Beach Party is the second of the 'Beach Party films'. It was made in 1964 by American International Pictures and was directed by William Asher. While the film score was composed by Les Baxter, some of the film's songs were composed by the team of Gary Usher, Roger Christian, and Brian Wilson. Dick Dale and the Del-Tones and Stevie Wonder appear in musical numbers, the latter aged thirteen and making his film debut, billed as 'Little Stevie Wonder.'
[edit] Synopsis
In the second Beach Party film, Frankie, Dee Dee, and the beach party gang hit Malibu Beach for another summer of surfing and no jobs only to find their secret surfing spot threatened by a gang of bodybuilders, led by the dim-witted coach Jack Fanny (Don Rickles). All the while, a bored Italian Countess is trying to steal Frankie from Dee Dee and, much to everyone's surprise, he seems more than happy to go along with it! She's going to turn him into a teen idol, not unlike Frankie Avalon's real-life persona. Maybe he'll get a guest spot on American Bandstand! Fortunately, due to some razzing from his former surfing buddies and sage advice from Buddy Hackett, Frankie sees the error of his ways and goes back to his American beach bunny, Dee Dee.
[edit] Cast
- Frankie Avalon .... Frankie
- Annette Funicello .... Dee Dee
- Luciana Paluzzi .... Julie
- John Ashley .... Johnny
- Don Rickles .... Jack Fanny
- Peter Turgeon .... Theodore
- Jody McCrea .... Deadhead
- Dick Dale .... Himself
- Candy Johnson .... Candy
- Peter Lupus .... Flex Martian (as Rock Stevens)
- Valora Noland .... Animal
- Delores Wells .... Sniffles
- Donna Loren .... Donna
- Morey Amsterdam .... Cappy
- Stevie Wonder .... Himself (as Little Stevie Wonder)
- Buddy Hackett .... S.Z. Matts (rich business manager)
- Bob Seven .... Rock (muscle man)
- Larry Scott .... Riff (muscle man)
- Steve Merjanian .... Tug (muscle man)
- Chester Yorton .... Sulk (muscle man)
- Dan Haggerty .... Biff (muscle man)
- Gene Shuey .... Mash (muscle man)
- Gordon Case .... Clod (muscle man)
- Alberta Nelson .... Lisa (muscle girl)
- Amadee Chabot .... Flo (muscle girl)
- Peter Lorre .... Mr. Strangdour
