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Set in Palm Springs during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college students flock to spring break, centering on Jim who finds romance with Bunny, the daughter of Palm Springs harred, stressful police chief. Jim's bumbling roommate, Biff, tries to get Amanda, a tomboyish girl's attention with a so-called love gadget. Meanwhile, Gayle Lewis is a high school senior posing as a wealthy college girl who is pursued by Eric Dean, a wealthy and spoiled college prepie, while Gayle has eyes for a cowboy from Texas, named Stretch. Also Jim and Biff's basketball coach, Campbell, tries to romance Naomi, the owner of the motel where all of the gang is staying at, which is interfered by Naomi's young, trouble-making, brat son who's dubbed, Boom-Boom. Written by
Matthew Patay
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Palm Springs really swings! That vacation weekend when all youth busts loose and everything goes!
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The "Doorman" who silently watches as a parked jalopy falls apart before his eyes is played by former L.A. Ram Mike Henry. Following this unbilled part, Henry played the title role in three Tarzan movies.
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Goofs
Eric Dean drives a big cushy Thunderbird with a V-8 engine with automatic. When he's peeling rubber it sounds more like a 4 cylinder Austin Healy.
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Quotes
Naomi Yates:
The only thing I ever put in my orange juice is gin.
Coach Fred Campbell:
Gin?
Naomi Yates:
Oh, uh, doctor's orders.
Coach Fred Campbell:
You have some kind of a condition?
Naomi Yates:
No, no. Me and my doctor just like to get drunk together.
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Connections
Referenced in
True Romance (1993)
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Soundtracks
"Live Young"
Written by
Larry Kusik and
Paul Evans
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I first saw this movie as a young person under 10, and didn't understand the dramatic essence. I think this is probably Robert Conrad's best dramatic part, very troubled and complex.
The car, a 1963 Thunderbird roadster, still is the real star of this movie, as far as I am concerned. The comedy was adequate for the era, but a bit over the top.
The car chase is, for it's time very appropriate, but as a child I was very concerned about Stretch, LOL such an altruistic lad, I think Stephanie Powers is one of the most beautiful female actresses that has ever graced the screen!
This is a great movie for historians, if they care to investigate the culture and mores of 1963.