Beach Party
“Surfs up and the Beach is really swinging!”
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.
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7 films
Cast
45 people
Robert Cummings
Professor Sutwell
Known for
Dial M for Murder
Saboteur
Dorothy Malone
Marianne
Known for
Basic Instinct
Written on the Wind
Frankie Avalon
Frankie
Known for
Grease
The Alamo
Annette Funicello
Dolores
Known for
Babes in Toyland
The Shaggy Dog
Morey Amsterdam
Cappy
Known for
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Harvey Lembeck
Eric Von Zipper
Known for
Stalag 17
Love with the Proper Stranger
Eva Six
Ava
Also in
Operation Bikini
4 for Texas
John Ashley
Ken
Known for
Hud
Zero Hour!
Jody McCrea
Deadhead
Known for
The Monster That Challenged the World
Dick Dale
Himself
Known for
Aloha Scooby-Doo!
Andy Romano
J.D.
Known for
Under Siege
Eraser
Jerry Brutsche
The Ratz
Known for
Every Which Way but Loose
William Asher Director · Lou Rusoff Writer Les Baxter Composer
Worldwide gross $2.3M · Budget $300K · United States release August 7, 1963
Box office
Budget
$300,000
Worldwide gross
$2,300,000
Gross vs. budget
7.7×
Production
Alta Vista Productions
Production
American International Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 14, 1963
Premiere
United States · August 7, 1963
Theatrical
Brazil
September 16, 1963 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 27, 1964 · Theatrical
Italy
March 5, 1964 · Theatrical
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