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 Rock
Gordon Case as Tug
Gene Shuey as Riff
Chester Yorton as Hulk
Bob Seven as Sulk
Steve Merjanian as Clod
Alberta Nelson as Lisa, Jack Fanny's assistant
Amadee Chabot as Flo, Jack Fanny's assistant
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).
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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)
