Ride the Wild Surf (1964)

A group of friends go to Hawaii in order to practice surfing, their favorite sport. But this is not all they do there - they also find love...

Director:

Don Taylor

Writers:

Jo Napoleon, Art Napoleon

Stars:

Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Peter Brown

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fabian	...	Jody Wallis
Shelley Fabares	...	Brie Matthews
Peter Brown	...	Chase Colton
Barbara Eden	...	Augie Poole
Tab Hunter	...	Steamer Lane
Susan Hart	...	Lily Kilua
James Mitchum	...	Eskimo
John Anthony Hayes	...	Frank Decker (as Anthony Hayes)
Roger Davis	...	Charlie
Catherine McLeod	...	Mrs. Kilua
Murray Rose	...	Swag
Robert Kenneally	...	Russ
David Cadiente	...	Ally
Mark LeBuse	...	Phil (as Alan LeBuse)
Paul Tremaine	...	Vic

Storyline

A group of friends go to Hawaii in order to practice surfing, their favorite sport. But this is not all they do there - they also find love...

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Plot Keywords:

surfer | surfing | hawaii | wave | auld lang syne | 

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Taglines:

"Steamer" and Lily...the fender-bender and the Hawaiian beauty!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mar Raivoso

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jana Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Susan Hart had three different directors on this film: Don Taylor, Phil Karlson and Art Napoleon.

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Quotes

Brie Matthews: [to Jody Wallis] You're a funny boy. One minute you're shooting harpoons at someone and the next, you're very nice.

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Connections

Referenced in Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Surfer's Stomp"
(uncredited)
Written by Michael Z. Gordon
Performed by The Marketts

User Reviews

Fabian the Italian Surfer

Am I to believe this film was written by someone called Josephine Napoleon? (Check the credits!). Then shouldn't it be set in Noumea not Hawaii? Oh ha-ha. In late 1964 my local cinema, The Empire Theatre ran this double feature...and I ask you to imagine the behavior among the teens present: RIDE THE WILD SURF + AND GOD CREATED WOMAN. Nothing like some French Art-house Brigitte Bardot to wet the, er, appetites of the surf crowd. Now on DVD RIDE THE WILD SURF plays well for a 40 year old surf film that tries to offer good surfing footage among the drama. I was pleasantly surprised at the well matched stunt footage to the cast (stunt surfers who actually looked like the actor..and wearing identical togs) but, oh dear, that back projection in the actors surfing scenes on the water..... (waving their arms about whilst swaying etc) ...still it all makes now-days for quaint fun. In Oz cinema audiences roar with laughter at scenes of American surfers sitting on their boards, arguing in dead flat water.. then some dude yells "Wave" and out of nowhere comes a gigantic set of pipeline breakers shot in some other country. This happens in this film and later in Big Wednesday from 1978. In fact these two films are very much alike with their three surf buddies storyline, the "Bear" guru board shaper guy (here called "Phil") and last reel big wave accidents and dramas. The opening of RIDE THE WILD SURF is a lame affair with dull tinny music over 16mm outtakes and TV style titling, but after a few minutes the film swings into gear and allows the three love interest gals to pick up the credibility in the acting stakes. Fabian is in believable shape for an Italian surfer (!) and each of the girls are 60s cute and rom-an-tic. Hawaiian locations are good and the usual Elvis movie family dramas are roped in for another try. See Robert Mitchum's son Jim play someone called Eskimo who wears bee stripe board shorts! (He's the taciturn bad dude)....