Movie
Back to the Beach
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
Details
- Release date
- 1987-08-07
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Frankie Avalon as Annette's Husband
- Annette Funicello as Annette
- Lori Loughlin as Sandi
- Tommy Hinkley as Michael
- Demian Slade as Bobby
- Joe Holland as Zed
- John Calvin as Troy
- David Bowe as Mountain
- Laura Lanoil as Robin
- Connie Stevens as Connie
- Don Adams as Harbor Master
- Barbara Billingsley as Announcer
Crew
- Lyndall Hobbs - Director
- Steve Meerson - Screenplay
- Peter Krikes - Screenplay
- Chris Thompson - Screenplay
- James Komack - Story
- Bill L. Norton - Story
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