Film

Beach Party

1963 · 1h 41m · Comedy · Music

Surfs up and the Beach is really swinging!

IMDb

5.7

Rotten Tomatoes

57%

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.

Robert Cummings

Professor Sutwell

Dorothy Malone

Marianne

Frankie Avalon

Frankie

Annette Funicello

Dolores

Morey Amsterdam

Cappy

Harvey Lembeck

Eric Von Zipper

Eva Six

Ava

John Ashley

Ken

Jody McCrea

Deadhead

Dick Dale

Himself

Andy Romano

J.D.

Jerry Brutsche

The Ratz

Bob Harvey

The Ratz

John Macchia

The Ratz

Alberta Nelson

The Mice

Linda Rogers

The Mice

• William AsherDirector
• Lou RusoffWriter · Producer
• James H. NicholsonProducer
• Samuel Z. ArkoffExecutive Producer
• Kay NortonDirector of Photography
• Les BaxterOriginal Music Composer
• Homer PowellEditor

Release date

August 7, 1963

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Budget

$300,000

Revenue

$2,300,000

Genres

Comedy, Music

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