Beach Party
Surfs up and the Beach is really swinging!
1963 · 1h 41m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Music
Directed by
William Asher
Overview
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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