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Release Date: 1964 Cast: Bill Graham, Alberta Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Don Rickles, Annette Funicello, Buddy Hackett, Peter Lupus, Morey Amsterdam, Jody McCrea, Peter Lorre, Luciana Paluzzi, Frankie Avalon ...MORE
Cast: Bill Graham, Alberta Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Don Rickles, Annette Funicello, Buddy Hackett, Peter Lupus, Morey Amsterdam, Jody McCrea, Peter Lorre, Luciana Paluzzi, Frankie Avalon, John Ashley ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Comedy, Musical, Beach Party film, Teen, Beach Film Muscle Beach Party is the second of seven beach party films produced by American International Pictures. It was made in 1964 and was directed by William Asher, who also directed four other films in this series. 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."
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... MORE
Muscle Beach Party is the second of seven beach party films produced by American International Pictures. It was made in 1964 and was directed by William Asher, who also directed four other films in this series. 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."
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 (Luciana Paluzzi) 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. 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.
The original score for this film, like Beach Party before it, was composed by Les Baxter.
Roger Christian, Gary Usher and Brian Wilson (of The LESS
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