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
- All cast & crew
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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
This forgotten, parenthetical beach bikini movie actually takes place on a lake... Arrowhead, to be exact... where two guys and a girl take over an abandoned low-rent dance-festival, which is pretty easy given that pretty redhead Quinn O'Hara has her rich dad secretly funding it... A secret since her good-looking boyfriend William Wellman Jr. Has too much pride to want anyone's help...
Well that's the plot, and there's hardly any urgency except for a quick breakup when a rich jerk eyes the girl while a scheming rich lady nabs the guy - plus a water-skiing bully and a few 11th hour thugs...
But with cute and skinny girl-next-door Mary Mitchell as O'Hara's flirtatious, perpetually hungry friend and future iconic bombshell Raquel Welch initially wearing glasses, strategically hiding her perfect body while (for reasons unexplained) jotting notes about the main character's sidekick James Stacy (who's still first billed), A SWINGIN' SUMMER is more about the good times than those attempting to ruin them...
A fairly decent time-filler residing between the glossy Frankie/Annette flicks, and, despite the misleading title, it came out right before hippies were too darn hip for this kind of lightweight, old fashioned (even then) entertainment.
Well that's the plot, and there's hardly any urgency except for a quick breakup when a rich jerk eyes the girl while a scheming rich lady nabs the guy - plus a water-skiing bully and a few 11th hour thugs...
But with cute and skinny girl-next-door Mary Mitchell as O'Hara's flirtatious, perpetually hungry friend and future iconic bombshell Raquel Welch initially wearing glasses, strategically hiding her perfect body while (for reasons unexplained) jotting notes about the main character's sidekick James Stacy (who's still first billed), A SWINGIN' SUMMER is more about the good times than those attempting to ruin them...
A fairly decent time-filler residing between the glossy Frankie/Annette flicks, and, despite the misleading title, it came out right before hippies were too darn hip for this kind of lightweight, old fashioned (even then) entertainment.
- TheFearmakers
- Apr 29, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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