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Harry Spalding (writer)
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Rare footage of classic groups including The Routers (Michael Z. Gordon, Scott Engel and Rand Viers), The Astronauts and many other surf groups.. more
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A young girl travels to California with a couple of friends in order to visit her brother, whom she hasn't seen for some time... more | add synopsis
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Definitely one of the most fun surf movies of the 60's more (6 total)

Cast

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Bobby Vinton ... Len Marshal
Patricia Morrow ... Terry Wells
Jackie DeShannon ... Junior Griffith
Ken Miller ... Milo Talbot (as Kenny Miller)
Lory Patrick ... Sylvia Dempster
Richard Crane ... Sgt. Wayne Neal
Jerry Summers ... Skeet Wells
Martha Stewart ... Pauline Lowell
The Astronauts ... Themselves

The Routers ... Themselves
Lloyd Kino
Mickey Dora
Johnny Fain (as John Fain)
Pam Colbert
Donna Russell
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68 min
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USA:Approved (certificate #20617)

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Terry Wells: [During Len and Skeet's fight, voiced off-camera] He's got a head injury. You might kill him.
[Skeet punches Len in the stomach]
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Crack Up more

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5 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Definitely one of the most fun surf movies of the 60's, 20 August 2006
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Author: annepietro from United States

I just watched this film after I found it in a video store. This is the one of the first and I would say one of the best (other than Beach Blanket Bingo) of the surf movies of the 60's. Bobby Vinton, Patricia Morrow and Jackie DeShannon are on their way to a fun weekend beach vacation, where they meet the whole gang. The other teens can't act (or sing, or dance) but they all look great in bathing suits and there's buff guys and gorgeous girls for everybody to enjoy, especially Patricia Morrow.

As we all know, these kinds of movies are not dealing with reality...but it's fast and campy (if you see a good print like I did),very campy, but some of the acting just isn't there. The songs are actually one of the highlights of this film and the dialog is (I assume) purposely laughable.

The music is what really attracted me to this picture. My favorite groups were The Routers and The Astronauts. The Routers played, "Crack Up" featuring the prolific composer and film producer, Michael Z. Gordon. Gordon also produced, "Let's Go" by the Routers and wrote and produced, "Sufer's Stomp" and "Out Of Limits by the Marketts. The Marketts soundtrack album was one of the best surfing albums which I still play to this day.

Most of this film was relegated to chasing beautiful girls around in their bathing suits. Still it was a lot of fun!

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