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Back to the Beach( 1987)

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Overview

Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel

    Top Billed Cast

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      Frankie Avalon

      Annette's Husband

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      Annette Funicello

      Annette

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      Lori Loughlin

      Sandi

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      Tommy Hinkley

      Michael

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      Demian Slade

      Bobby

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      Joe Holland

      Zed

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      John Calvin

      Troy

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      David Bowe

      Mountain

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      Laura Lanoil

      Robin

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      Connie Stevens

      Connie

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      Don Adams

      Harbor Master

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      Barbara Billingsley

      Announcer

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      Edd Byrnes

      Valet

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      Bob Denver

      Bartender

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      Tony Dow

      Judge #1

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      Alan Hale Jr.

      Bartender’s Buddy

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      Jerry Mathers

      Judge #2

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      Paul Reubens

      Pee-Wee Herman

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      Linda Carol

      Bridgette

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      Marjorie Gross

      Airline Hostess

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      Hartley Silver

      Fleishman

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      Alan Barry

      Salesman

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      Thomas David Parker

      Salesman

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      Todd Bryant

      Webby

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      Floyd Foster Jr.

      Ernie

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      Emil McKown

      Odie / Band Member

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      Jon Paul Jones

      Punk

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      Eddie Vail

      Surf Dude

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      Drew Steele

      Surfer / Band Member

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      Lola Rose Thompson

      Punk Baby

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      Honey Lea

      Baby’s Mother

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      Nicholas Hales

      Autograph Hound

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      Rodney Bingenheimer

      Self

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      Dick Dale

      Self

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      Stevie Ray Vaughan

      Self

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      Angelo Moore

      Fishbone

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      Kendall Jones

      Fishbone

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      Norwood Fisher

      Fishbone

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      Walter A. Kibby II

      Fishbone

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      Christopher Dowd

      Fishbone

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      Phillip Fisher

      Fishbone

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      Steve Aschoff

      Band Member

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      Gary Usher Jr.

      Band Member

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      Ron Eglit

      Band Member

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      Tony Avalon

      Band Member

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      Frankie Avalon Jr.

      Band Member

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      Rick Avery

      Surfers & Punks

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      Robert Keller

      Surfers & Punks

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      Pat Banta

      Surfers & Punks

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      Bruce C. Magee

      Surfers & Punks

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      Geoff Brewer

      Surfers & Punks

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      Dwayne McGee

      Surfers & Punks

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      Jamie R. Brisick

      Surfers & Punks

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      A.J. Nay

      Surfers & Punks

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      Bob Brown

      Surfers & Punks

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      Mark Orrison

      Surfers & Punks

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      Cooper Hamilton Bailey

      Surfers & Punks

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      Noon Orsatti

      Surfers & Punks

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      Jay C. Currin

      Surfers & Punks

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      Víctor Quintero

      Surfers & Punks

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      Greg Gault

      Surfers & Punks

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      Charlie Skeen

      Surfers & Punks

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      Randell Dennis Widner

      Surfers & Punks

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      O.J. Simpson

      Man At Airport (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

    5
    Written by Wuchak on Mon Aug 21 2023
    **_Revisiting those zany beach party flicks from the mid-60s_** Frankie & Annette are now married and living in Ohio. Frankie’s a workaholic business owner and neglecting Annette, so they decide to fly out to SoCal to visit their daughter and old haunts on their way to Hawaii. “Back to the Beach” (1987) pays homage to those dozen AIP ‘beach party films’ that were released from 1963-1968, half of them starring Frankie Avalon and/or Annette Funicello. The movie is amusingly hammy, poking fun at those madcap 60’s flicks. Connie Stevens is on hand, looking great at 48, along with severa...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • spoof
    • woman director