Two guys and a girl run a week-long concert festival in the sunny summertime of Arrowhead, California and deal with bullies and breakups.Two guys and a girl run a week-long concert festival in the sunny summertime of Arrowhead, California and deal with bullies and breakups.Two guys and a girl run a week-long concert festival in the sunny summertime of Arrowhead, California and deal with bullies and breakups.
William Wellman Jr.
- Rick
- (as William A. Wellman Jr.)
Mary Mitchel
- Shirley
- (as Mary Mitchell)
Allan Jones
- Mr. Johnson
- (as Alan Jones)
Buck Holland
- Lou
- (as Bucky Holland)
Glenn Stensel
- Les
- (as Glen Stensil)
Michael Blodgett
- Beach Boy Dancer
- (as Mike Blodgett)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaLinda Evans was signed to play the female lead but bowed out after she was cast in The Big Valley (1965).
- GoofsThe mob of dancing teens marching down to the boat dock just prior to the big boat chase are seen carrying a number of Tiki torches, almost as if they are marching on Doctor Frankenstein's castle. However, the scenes surrounding the boat chase were all filmed in full daylight.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The South Bank Show: Velvet Underground (1986)
- SoundtracksA Swingin' Summer
Sung by Jody Miller
Written by Buzz Cason (as James Cason), Carol Connors, Roger Christian
Featured review
When two young men named "Rick" (William Wellman Jr.) and "Mickey" (James Stacey) find out that their plans for working at Lake Arrowhead during the summer have been canceled they decide to organize festivities there themselves. But to do that they need money and when they can't come up with it Rick's girlfriend, "Cindy" (Quinn O'Hara) decides to secretly bankroll them through her father. Yet even with the money there is a lot of work which keeps Rick and Cindy apart and leads to serious trouble between them. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this wasn't one of the better beach movies made during this time-period. There wasn't much comedy and the characters lacked development. Even so Raquel Welch (as "Jeri"), Mary Mitchell ("Shirley") and the aforementioned Quinn O'Hara were definitely nice on the eyes and I suppose that should count for something. Accordingly, I rate this movie as just slightly below average.
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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