Where the Boys Are (1960) (1960)
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80% of critics liked it
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70% of users liked it
(2,028 ratings)
Yvette Mimeux, Paula Prentiss, Connie Francis, and Dolores Hart star in this frothy teen romance-drama as attractive co-eds who take off from Midwest colleges on the annual spring break to land in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida -- where the boys are. There are plenty of parties, booze, and sex to keep… More Yvette Mimeux, Paula Prentiss, Connie Francis, and Dolores Hart star in this frothy teen romance-drama as attractive co-eds who take off from Midwest colleges on the annual spring break to land in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida -- where the boys are. There are plenty of parties, booze, and sex to keep minds off calculus for awhile. Merritt Andrews (Hart) and Ryder Smith (George Hamilton) manage to get together, Tuggle Carpenter (Paula Prentiss) manages to let her comedic talents shine, Angie (Connie Francis) sings the hit title song, but Melanie (Yvette Mimeux) becomes a casualty of too many good times. She will recover, and all the leads will go on to good, even great careers in some cases. Dolores Hart was the only featured player here to leave Hollywood behind -- she became a Benedictine nun in 1963. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Henry Levin
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 28, 1960 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Naive, unintentionally campy comedy about four girls, who set to Florida during spring break for some fun; Connie Francis' title song became a huge hit.
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Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal
A guilty pleasure if ever there was one.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...a museum piece, more a reflection of Hollywood censorship and hypocritical adult mores than of the real world.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
It must have been some kind of alternate universe these movie people lived in, because it wasn't any sort of world I knew.
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Cast
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Dolores Hart
as Merrit Andrews
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George Hamilton
as Ryder Smith
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Yvette Mimieux
as Melanie Coleman
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Jim Hutton
as TV Thompson
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Barbara Nichols
as Lola
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Paula Prentiss
as Tuggle Carpenter
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Connie Francis
as Angie
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Chill Wills
as Police Captain
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Frank Gorshin
as Basil
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Rory Harrity
as Franklin
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John Brennan
as Dill
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Vito Scotti
as Maitre D'
- Sean Flynn
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Percy Helton
as Motel Operator
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Jack Kruschen
as Counter Man
