Muscle Beach Party William Asher Directed 1964 Movie

Muscle Beach Party, is a movie made in 1964 by American International pictures. Directed by William Asher, the film is the 2nd Beach Party Film which stars Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi along with John Ashley and others. Some of the songs in the film have been composed by the team consisting of Gary Usher, Roger Christian and Brian Wilson. It is the story of a beach party gang who hit their favorite spot, only to find that it has already taken up by a gang of bodybuilders.

The plot of Muscle Beach Party shows Frankie, played by Frankie Avalon, along with his girlfriend Dee Dee played by Annette Funicello, and other members of the beach gang, going to Malibu Beach for another season of surfing and partying on the beach, during the summer. With no jobs in hand, they are out for fun on the beach. But, they find that their secret surfing spot is threatened by a gang of bodybuilders.

The gang of bodybuilders in the Muscle Beach Party is led by their coach Jack Fanny, who comes to stay just next to them. However, things become even more complicated when a 3rd party arrives at the spot. A wealthy Italian contessa, named Julie, played by Luciana Paluzzi, moves in with her manager S.Z. Matts and her lawyer, Theodore. She comes chasing after Jack Fennys muscle group to woo the muscle king Flex Martian, played by Peter Lupus.

But, the story of Muscle Beach Party takes a turn here and the Italian contessa becomes interested in Frankie and tries to steal him from Dee Dee. To everyones surprise, Frankie seems to love the interest shown in him and becomes more than happy to go with her. Dee Dee becomes jealous seeing this. The lady wants to make Frankie a teen idol, which might get him a guest spot on American Bandstand. However, in course of time, Frankie sees the error in his ways and lends ear to the advice given to him by his friends.

Eventually, Muscle Beach Party, shows Frankie going back to his girlfriend Dee Dee,. This was the 2nd Beach Party Film but is the only one in the series which does not feature Eric Von Zipper and his gang the Rats. This was Peter Lupus first acting role. It was a comedy and a musical film made in English.

The film Muscle Beach Party was nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Musical Performance, Female and Annette Funicello was nominated in this category in 1965. It was released in 1964 and used a lot of music. Les Baxter composed the music for the film. People like Dick Dale, Del-Jones and Stevie Wonder appeared in the musical numbers of the film. Wikipedia

Muscle Beach Party William Asher Directed 1964 Movie