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Back to the Beach

    Comedy
    Music
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Aug 7, 1987
Rated PG

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

  • Directors
  • Vote Average
    6.0
  • Vote Count
    39
  • Popularity
    5
  • Language
    Español
  • Origin Country
    US

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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Reviews

(1)
Wuchak
50%
**_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 several cameos of familiar faces, like Bob Denver from Gilligan’s Island. Siskel & Ebert praised the movie on their show (the episode is available on Youtube). And, sure, it’s entertaining to a point, but I was disappointed. It’s just no where near as great as they made it out to be. Still, if you’re in the mood for an innocuous musical with a goofy beach milieu, give it a watch. The flick runs 1 hour, 32 minutes, and was shot in Malibu and Santa Cruz. GRADE: C+