Winter A-Go-Go (1965)

Director:

Richard Benedict

Writers:

Bob Kanter (screenplay), Reno Carell (story)

Stars:

James Stacy, William Wellman Jr., Beverly Adams

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Stacy	...	Danny Frazer
William Wellman Jr.	...	Jeff Forrester
Beverly Adams	...	Jo Ann Wallace
John Anthony Hayes	...	Burt
Jill Donohue	...	Janine
Tom Nardini	...	Frankie
Duke Hobbie	...	Bob
Julie Parrish	...	Dee Dee
Buck Holland	...	Will
Linda Rogers	...	Penny
Nancy Czar	...	Gloria 'Jonesy' Jones
Judy Parker	...	Dori
Bob Kanter	...	Roger
Walter Maslow	...	Jordan
Peter Brinkman	...	Himself

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

ski resort | skiing | ski lodge

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Taglines:

Ski Buffs and Ski Babes on the Go-Go in the Snow-Snow!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das total verrückte Skihotel

Filming Locations:

Heavenly Resort - Wildwood & Saddle, South Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Many of the shots in the outdoor scenes alternate between sunny, clear skies and cloudy, overcast skies.

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Soundtracks

"Ski City"
Written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller
Performed by the Nooney Rickett Four

User Reviews

Another "Beach Party" knock-off without the comedy, the chemistry, or the charm...

Columbia Pictures dipping deep into their teen bag, coming up with little more than a running advertisement for Coke and James Stacy in a series of ski fashions for men. Ultra clean-cut tale concerns a young man hiring entertainment (ski bunnies) and a work crew (a cook and a soda-jerk) to work at a mountain lodge which he recently inherited; his buddy promotes the place by putting a detour sign in the road and redirecting traffic their way. No script, no talent, no witty repartee--these dull 'kids' are a lazy lot. There's a pretty good fight scene in the chalet, a groovy wedding tag, and some mind-boggling musical numbers (psychedelic-sweater wearing foursome the Reflections croon a ridiculous ditty about sugary sweets while the bunnies pass out huge lollipops to the guests!). The dramatic tension in the plot is served by having two of the guests on secret assignment to ruin the place; the comedy comes after embarrassed-to-be-up-here Stacy worms his way into a gig as a ski-instructor and attempts to get into a young lady's bedroom at night (he trips the alarm and feigns sleepwalking!). This is another case of a major studio trying to ape the low-brow teens-on-their-own genre begun a few years before with A.I.P.'s "Beach Party". It isn't too awful, but nobody here shows any pizazz, nor any individual style; most of the girls try too hard for cute perkiness while the guys play aw-shucks with the women and big brother with each other. On the other hand, those Suzuki motorbikes are coolness defined. *1/2 from ****