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Director
  
Maury Dexter

Language
  
English

3.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Country
  
USA

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Writer
  
Harry Spalding
,
Hank Tani

Release date
  
August 25, 1965 (1965-08-25)

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Wild on the Beach is a 1965 beach party film directed by Maury Dexter. It is notable for the musical acts showcased onscreen, being the film debut of Sonny & Cher in particular. In addition, it is distinguished as being one of the few films in the genre to be filmed in black and white.

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Although some sources state that the film was also released under the title Beach House Party, to date no prints or posters have surfaced with such a title.

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Plot

Co-ed Lee Sullivan (Sherry Jackson), a student at an unnamed California college, inherits a house on the beach from her late uncle. She wants to use the building as boarding house for girls, thus both alleviating the student housing shortage and financing her education.

Meanwhile, Adam Miller (Frankie Randall), plans to turn the beach house into a boys' boardinghouse, claiming that he received permission to do so while Lee's uncle was still alive. Adam secretly files first for an off-campus housing permit, and the boys take up residence in the house. Lee also receives a permit, and naturally, problems develop when both male and female students decide to co-habitate - this administrative mix-up also makes for much ducking and dodging of the university authorities.

In spite of being at odds with each other, a romance blossoms between Lee and Adam.

Cast

  • Frankie Randall as Adam Miller
  • Sherry Jackson as Lee Sullivan
  • Gayle Caldwell as Marsie Lowell
  • Jackie Miller as Toby Carr
  • Russ Bender as Shep Kirby
  • Booth Colman as Dean Parker
  • Cindy Malone as Herself
  • Justin Smith as Mort Terwilliger
  • Jerry Grayson as Vern Thompkins
  • Marc Seaton as Jim Bench
  • Robert Golden as Policeman
  • Larry Gust as Josh
  • Sonny Bono as Himself (as Sonny & Cher)
  • Cher as Herself (as Sonny & Cher)
  • The Astronauts as Themselves (as The Astronauts)

    • Music

  • Jimmie Haskell composed the score and co-wrote two songs; associate producer ‘By’ Dunham received a writing credit for six songs in the film.
  • Frankie Randall performs two songs, "The House on the Beach" and "The Gods of Love" (both written by Bobby Beverly and ‘By’ Dunham).
  • The Astronauts perform four songs in the film: the rockabilly "Rock This World" (written by Beverly and Dunham); and the three surf tunes "Little Speedy Gonzalez" (written by Stan Ross and Beverly); "Pyramid Stomp" (written by Haskell and Dunham); and "Snap It" (written by Haskell)
  • Sonny & Cher (backed by The Astronauts) sing "It's Gonna Rain" (written by Sonny Bono); and Jackie & Gayle sing "Winter Nocturne" (written by Eddie Davis and Dunham).
  • Cindy Malone sings "Run Away from Him" (written by Beverly and Dunham); Russ Bender sings the country & western song "Yellow Haired Woman" (written by Eddie Davis and Dunham); and Sandy Nelson performs "Drum Dance" (written by Joe Saraceno and Frank Warren).

    • Critical response

    "The third (and last) of Maury Dexter’s Beach Party rip-offs, Wild on the Beach is so third-rate and low-budget that an unintentional sense of 'realism' creeps into it."

    References

    Wild on the Beach Wikipedia
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