Annette Funicello, Aron Kincaid, Bobbi Shaw

Second Beach Party movie has Frankie, Dee Dee, and the beach gang hitting the Malibu beach for another summer of surfing only to find their hangout beach threatened by a small gang of muscle bodybuild...( read more  read more... )ers, led by the dim-witted coach Jack Fanny, who move in next door to them. Things get even more complicated with the arrival of a third party, that of a wealthy Italian contessa, named Julie, with her manager S.Z. Matts, and her lawyer, Theodore, who come chasing after Jack Fanny's muscle group for Julie to court the muscle king Flex Martian. But when Julie turns her sights on Frankie, Dee Dee becomes more jealous than anyone else in the picture.

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Unrated, 94 min.

Directed by: Alan Rafkin, William Asher

Release Date: March 25, 1964

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DVD Release Date: July 10, 2007

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  • September 20, 2008
    Hey, Don Rickles is 'Big Drag'. That and Eric Von Zipper would make me watch.
  • June 6, 2008
    I remember watching all of these with my parents when I was younger. This is the second in the series. Now I find it totally awful! The only reason I gave it a star more than the worst rating possible is because of Buddy Hackett, Luciana to a lesser extent, and Little Stevie W...( read more)onder. Most of the characters, especially Don Rickles, were beyond annoying. At the opening of the movie Buddy Hackett appears to be a rich business magnate, but with his voice I just couldn't accept that. Then we find out he's an assistant to Luciana as a rich Italian Contessa, and that I can believe. I really think Buddy was the best thing about this movie! Actually I don't know why Frankie didn't go away with the Contessa instead of staying with Annette (Dee Dee). It was obvious Annette had heavy effects on her voice when she sang to make her voice bigger than it is, the audio was horribly dubbed for most of the group songs, and the Del Tones are lame. Little Stevie Wonder gives a great performance, but the camera isn't on him enough. So I recommend just watching the closing credits where Stevie performs again with early signs of his multi-instrumentalist talent, and Candy (the girl with magical powers in her hips) shakes away to the appropriate shattering conclusion.
  • June 8, 2008
    Hilarious!
  • June 30, 2009
    Those krazy kids from the beach Frankie and Annette are back for more hi-jinks and this time they brought Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett, and Little Stevie Wonder(sorry flixster you're wrong that's not James Brown) along for the ride. My only real complaint is no Eric Von Zipper.
  • January 1, 2009
    I watched this with my mom when I was little. I still remember it today.
  • September 7, 2008
    Disappointing sequel, and Erik Von Zipper is badly missed.
  • August 24, 2008
    this is the big one! everybody's in it to win...and it all happens down on the sands, baby!
    why me all the time ?
  • August 13, 2008
    good stuff tons of stars

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