Muscle Beach Party
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Muscle Beach Party (1964)
AIP Production #6401/6422
Jeff and Cheryl try to ignore the obnoxious body-builders camped out next door in Muscle Beach Party.
Directed by William Asher
Screenplay by Robert Dillon
Story by Robert Dillon and William Asher
Produced by Robert Dillon and James H. Nicholson
Starring:
Frankie Avalon as Frankie
Annette Funicello as Dee Dee
Luciana Paluzzi as Contessa Juliana (“Julie”) Giotto-Borgini
John Ashley as Johnny
Don Rickles as Jack Fanny
Peter Turgeon as Theodore
Jody McCrea as Deadhead
Dick Dale as Himself
Candy Johnson as Candy
Rock Stevens as Flex Martian
Valora Noland as Animal
Delores Wells as Sniffles
Donna Loren as Donna
Morey Amsterdam as Cappy
Little Stevie Wonder as Himself
Buddy Hackett as S.Z. Matts (rich business manager)
Dan Haggerty as Biff
Larry Scott as Riff
Gordon Case as Clpd
Gene Shuey as Sulk
Chester Yorton as Hulk
Bob Seven as Rock
Steve Merjanian as Tug
Alberta Nelson as Lisa, Jack Fanny’s assistant
Amadee Chabot as Flo, Jack Fanny’s assistant
Duane Ament – Beach Boy
Gary Usher – Beach Boy
Guy Hemric – Beach Boy
Roger Christian – Beach Boy
Laura Lynn – Beach Girl
Luree Holmes as Beach Girl
Lorie Summers as Beach Girl
Darkene Lucht as Beach Girl
Maureen O’Connor as Beach Girl
Mike Diffenderfer as Surfer Boy
Mike Nader as Surfer Boy
Ed Garner as Surfer Boy
Charles Hasley as Surfer Boy
Mickey Dora as Surfer Boy
John Fain as Surfer Boy
Bill Graham as Surfer Boy
Larry Shaw as Surfer Boy
Duane King as Surfer Boy
Charles Van Artsdalen as Surfer Boy
Linda Opie as Surfer Girl
Salli Sachse as Surfer Girl
Patricia Rane as Surfer Girl
Kathy Kessler as Surfer Giirl
Mary Hughes as Surfer Girl
Linda Benson as Surfer Girl
Peter Lorre as Mr. Strangdour
An Alta Vista Production for American International Pictures
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Our open and close includes 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).
