A fading rock singer goes to the beach to get away from it all and winds up getting involved in the lives of the teenage beachgoers.
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| Suzanne Somers | ... | Bonnie Katt | |
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Steven Keats | ... | Jerry McCabe |
| Mark Wheeler | ... | David Hunter | |
| Kimberly Beck | ... | Cathy | |
| Perry Lang | ... | Billy | |
| Michael Biehn | ... | J.D. | |
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Biff Warren | ... | Norman |
| Les Lannom | ... | Stan | |
| Rosanna Arquette | ... | Beverly | |
| Gary Imhoff | ... | Frank | |
| Leonard Stone | ... | Johnson | |
| Steve Franken | ... | Rick | |
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Richard Molinare | ... | Frank |
| Tanya Roberts | ... | Denise | |
| P.J. Soles | ... | Nancy | |
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A fading rock singer goes to the beach to get away from it all and winds up getting involved in the lives of the teenage beachgoers.
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27 September 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Playa Zuma See more »Filming Locations:
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Bruce Cohn Curtis Films Ltd.,Edgar J. Scherick Associates,Warner Bros. Television See more »
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'Zuma Beach' is strictly a jiggle-and-giggle flick, as one commentator once put it so aptly, designed to get TV ratings and nothing more. Suzanne Somers was in the midst of her successful (and horrible) network series 'Three's Company' at the time this was made and the idea was to strike while the iron was hot.
Somers plays some kind of rock singer, believe it or not, who is experiencing a career crisis of sorts and comes out to the beach to clear her mind and look for inspiration, or something like that. The local high school beach boys just about lose their minds when they see her stretch out on the beach, though I find their own bikini-clad girlfriends such as Rosanna Arquette, Kimberly Beck and P.J. Soles a lot sexier. Somehow all their lives get intertwined, and through making sand castles and playing volleyball Suzanne somehow manages to instill self-confidence and worth in a number of these youths while finding new inspiration for her own career. Amazing.
This is the type of empty entertainment that one can find enjoyable from time to time even if it's only because it gives you a good laugh. Some of the faux-Beach Boys songs on the soundtrack may have you and your dog howling at the screen together, though.