Back to the Beach

Back to the Beach

92 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 7, 1987

Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel

Back to the Beach

92 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 7, 1987

Back to the Beach
Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Paramount
Original title Back to the Beach
Directors Michael Amundson, James Lansbury, Julie Pitkanen, Michael D. Pariser, Lyndall Hobbs
Writers Bruce Kirschbaum, James Komack, Lou Rusoff, Chris Thompson, Bill L. Norton, Peter Krikes, Steve Meerson

Cast

Frankie Avalon

as Annette's Husband

Annette Funicello

as Annette

Lori Loughlin

as Sandi

Tommy Hinkley

as Michael

Demian Slade

as Bobby

Joe Holland

as Zed

John Calvin

as Troy

David Bowe

as Mountain

Laura Lanoil

as Robin

Connie Stevens

as Connie

Don Adams

as Harbor Master

Barbara Billingsley

as Announcer

Edd Byrnes

as Valet

Bob Denver

as Bartender

Tony Dow

as Judge #1

Alan Hale Jr.

as Bartender’s Buddy

Jerry Mathers

as Judge #2

Paul Reubens

as Pee-Wee Herman

Linda Carol

as Bridgette

Marjorie Gross

as Airline Hostess

Hartley Silver

as Fleishman

Alan Barry

as Salesman

Thomas David Parker

as Salesman

Todd Bryant

as Webby

Floyd Foster Jr.

as Ernie

Emil McKown

as Odie / Band Member

Jon Paul Jones

as Punk

Eddie Vail

as Surf Dude

Drew Steele

as Surfer / Band Member

Lola Rose Thompson

as Punk Baby

Honey Lea

as Baby’s Mother

Nicholas Hales

as Autograph Hound

Dick Dale

as Self

Angelo Moore

as Fishbone

Kendall Jones

as Fishbone

Norwood Fisher

as Fishbone

Walter A. Kibby II

as Fishbone

Christopher Dowd

as Fishbone

Phillip Fisher

as Fishbone

Steve Aschoff

as Band Member

Gary Usher Jr.

as Band Member

Ron Eglit

as Band Member

Tony Avalon

as Band Member

Frankie Avalon Jr.

as Band Member

Rick Avery

as Surfers & Punks

Robert Keller

as Surfers & Punks

Pat Banta

as Surfers & Punks

Bruce C. Magee

as Surfers & Punks

Geoff Brewer

as Surfers & Punks

Dwayne McGee

as Surfers & Punks

Jamie R. Brisick

as Surfers & Punks

A.J. Nay

as Surfers & Punks

Bob Brown

as Surfers & Punks

Mark Orrison

as Surfers & Punks

Cooper Hamilton Bailey

as Surfers & Punks

Noon Orsatti

as Surfers & Punks

Jay C. Currin

as Surfers & Punks

Víctor Quintero

as Surfers & Punks

Greg Gault

as Surfers & Punks

Charlie Skeen

as Surfers & Punks

Randell Dennis Widner

as Surfers & Punks

O.J. Simpson

as Man At Airport (uncredited)