Muscle Beach Party
1964 film by William Asher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muscle Beach Party is the second of seven beach party films produced by American International Pictures. It stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello and was directed by William Asher, who also directed four other films in this series.
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Directed by | William Asher |
Screenplay by | Robert Dillon |
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Cinematography | Harold E. Wellman |
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Music by | Les Baxter |
Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million[1] or $150,000[2] |
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Dick Dale and the Del-Tones and Stevie Wonder appear in musical numbers, the latter aged thirteen and making his film debut, billed as "Little Stevie Wonder."
The movie was released two days after Peter Lorre's death. (AIP had meant to star Lorre in It's Alive.[3])