Beach Party 60 years old

Surfs up and the Beach is really swinging!

Beach Party

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.

Credits

Beach Party Cast

Name Character
Vincent Price He was 52, 82 years old when he died as Big Daddy
Annette Funicello She was 20, 70 years old when she died as Dee Dee
Meredith MacRae She was 19, 56 years old when she died as Beach Girl
Robert Cummings He was 55, 82 years old when he died as Prof. Robert 'Bob' Orwell Sutwell
Harvey Lembeck He was 40, 58 years old when he died as Eric Von Zipper
John Ashley He was 28, 62 years old when he died as Ken
Frankie Avalon He was 22, now 83 years old as Frankie
Morey Amsterdam He was 54, 87 years old when he died as Cappy
Dorothy Malone She was 38, 92 years old when she died as Marianne
Jody McCrea He was 28, 74 years old when he died as Deadhead
Andy Romano He was 22, now 82 years old as J.D.
Luree Holmes
Dick Dale He was 26, 81 years old when he died as Himself
Eva Six She was 26, now 87 years old as Ava
John Macchia as The Ratz
Valora Noland She was 21, now 82 years old as Rhonda
Johnny Fain as Surfer

Beach Party Crew

Name Department
Daniel Haller as Art Direction. He was 36 (now 97) years old Art
Harry Reif as Set Decoration. He was 55 (71) years old when He died Art
Lou Rusoff as Producer. He was 52 (51) years old when He died Production
Lou Rusoff as Writer. He was 52 (51) years old when He died Writing
William Asher as Director. He was 41 (90) years old when He died Directing
Marjorie Corso as Costume Design. Costume & Make-Up
James H. Nicholson as Producer. He was 46 (56) years old when He died Production
Samuel Z. Arkoff as Executive Producer. He was 45 (83) years old when He died Production
Les Baxter as Original Music Composer. He was 41 (73) years old when He died Sound
Homer Powell as Editor. Editing
Kay Norton as Director of Photography. Camera
Beach Party poster
Beach Party (60 years)

Surfs up and the Beach is really swinging!

  • Release day: Wednesday, August 07, 1963
  • Runtime: 101 minutes
  • Budget: 300000.00
  • Revenue: 2300000.00