A Swingin' Summer (1965)

Director:

Robert Sparr

Writers:

Reno Carell (story)
Leigh Chapman (screenplay)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

They're Lovin', Laughin' and Livin' it up and for kicks playing "Chicken on Water Skis!"

Plot:

Beach party escapade features a bookworm with glasses who learns to "groove", as she attempts to sing "Ready to Groove."

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Dancing | Fake Injury | Swimsuit | Eyeglasses

Cast

James Stacy	...	Mickey
Lori Williams	...	Dancer
William Wellman Jr.	...	Rick
Quinn O'Hara	...	Cindy
Martin West	...	Turk
Mary Mitchel	...	Shirley (as Mary Mitchell)
Raquel Welch	...	Jeri
Allan Jones	...	Mr. Johnson
Lili Kardell	...	Sandra
Reno Carell	...	Mark
Glen Stensil	...	Les
Mauree Garett
Richard Benedict	...	Tom
Buck Holland	...	Lou (as Bucky Holland)
Michael Blodgett	...	Beach bum (as Mike Blodgett)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Company:

National Talent Consultants

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: All of the musical performance sections are full of errors due to lip syncing issues and post-production techniques. Most noticeable are the harmonica solo on Justine, where the playing continues when the harp comes out of the sax player's mouth, and the use of the accordion to substitute for the less-easily moved HammondB-3 organ. Almost every shot with performance music has something wrong with it.

Soundtrack:

Nitro

Tweaked Out Twisters

This movie is so bad....it's great!!! A cult classic that's under-appreciated. Raquel Welch in her film debut...the ultra geeky Gary Lewis and the Playboys...a Big Bopper type dude who sings and twists and looks exactly like Bill Clinton...horrible dancing... this movie has it all! Michael Blodgett's character does one of the most embarrassing dances ever - where he slaps his legs while going, "Uhhh!". The big slow-motion fight scene where the two 30 year old teenagers roll on the murky waters of lake Arrowhead looks like something Ed Wood would have rejected. James Stacy put out a good performance and he stands out in a movie full of stiffs. This one is a laugh riot, although unintentional. It's not often that a bad movie can be so entertaining. It's so bad, it makes "Beach Blanket Bingo" seem like "Citizen Cain". Gary Lewis makes William Hung seem like Tony Bennet. If Simon Cowell ever sat through this, he probably wouldn't recover.