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Muscle Beach Party is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William Asher released in USA on 25 march 1964 with John Ashley
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
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Add to a movie listMuscle Beach Party (1964) 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.
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."
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Frankie, Dee Dee, and the beach party gang hit Malibu Beach for another summer of surfing and no jobs only to find their secret surfing spot threatened by a gang of bodybuilders, led by the dim-witted coach Jack Fanny (Don Rickles).Actors
John Ashley
(Johnny)
Frankie Avalon
(Frankie)
Annette Funicello
(Dee Dee)
Luciana Paluzzi
(Julie)
Don Rickles
(Jack Fanny)
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