Beach Party (1963)
AIP Production #6320

Jeff and Cheryl study the mating patterns of surfer dudes and beach bunnies as depicted in Beach Party.

Directed by William Asher
Screenplay by Lou Rusoff, William Asher and Robert Dillon
Produced by Lou Rusoff and James Nicholson

Starring:
Bob 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
Jody McCrea as Deadhead
Dick Dale and the Deltones as themselves
Vincent Price as Big Daddy

Released under American International Pictures. Stream this movie on Pluto TV or rent on Prime Video.

View the Beach Party trailer here.

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Our open and close is comprised of clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)