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      Surf Party

      Released Jan 30, 1964 1h 8m Musical Comedy Romance List
      Reviews 11% Audience Score 50+ Ratings An Arizona gal (Patricia Morrow) and her friends enjoy sun, sand and romance when they drive out to California for a surfing vacation. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Make other surf movies look like Citizen Kane. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review ashley h Surf Party is a disappointing film. It is about a young girl travels to California with a couple of friends in order to visit her brother. Bobby Vinton and Patricia Morrow give terrible performances. The script is badly written. Maury Dexter did horrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I was hoping this Beach Party knock-off would have a similar campy charm as the Frankie & Annette AIP pictures or that it would be a cool surf picture like "Ride the Wild Surf," but it was sadly neither. Shot in black & white, this film lacked those films' vibrant colorful charms, both visually and textually. Three gals from Arizona hit the beach at Malibu and pair off with different local surfers, including Bobby Vinton. There's teen strife and the group also runs afoul a decidedly anti-surfing police sergeant. I did like some of the music, most all of the period surfing footage, and the teenybopper drama is kind of charming in a Archie/Riverdale sort of way, but overall it wasn't nearly as fun as the corny but highly entertaining Frankie & Annette pictures (which are movies that I'd secretly like to pull a "Purple Rose of Cairo" and step into). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A decent song or two but overall pretty weak. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member another 'beach blanket bingo' knock-off Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie takes the sixties surfing "Beach" movie craze in a different direction, it's more realistic and less fun and silly songs. I enjoyed seeing a different side of the beach for a change. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis An Arizona gal (Patricia Morrow) and her friends enjoy sun, sand and romance when they drive out to California for a surfing vacation.
      Director
      Maury Dexter
      Screenwriter
      Harry Spalding
      Production Co
      Associated Producers (API)
      Genre
      Musical, Comedy, Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 30, 1964, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Apr 16, 2013
      Runtime
      1h 8m