Back to the Beach (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
Director:
Lyndall Hobbs
Writers:
Peter Krikes, Steve Meerson, Chris Thompson.
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Frankie Avalon as Annette's Husband |
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Annette Funicello as Annette |
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Lori Loughlin as Sandi |
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Tommy Hinkley as Michael |
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Demian Slade as Bobby |
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Joe Holland as Zed |
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John Calvin as Troy |
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David Bowe as Mountain |
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Laura Lanoil as Robin |
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Connie Stevens as Connie |
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Don Adams as Harbor Master |
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Barbara Billingsley as Announcer |
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Edd Byrnes as Valet |
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Bob Denver as Bartender |
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Tony Dow as Judge #1 |
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Alan Hale Jr. as Bartender’s Buddy |
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Jerry Mathers as Judge #2 |
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Paul Reubens as Pee-Wee Herman |
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Linda Carol as Bridgette |
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Marjorie Gross as Airline Hostess |
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Hartley Silver as Fleishman |
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Alan Barry as Salesman |
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Thomas David Parker as Salesman |
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Todd Bryant as Webby |
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Floyd Foster Jr. as Ernie |
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Emil McKown as Odie / Band Member |
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Jon Paul Jones as Punk |
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Eddie Vail as Surf Dude |
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Drew Steele as Surfer / Band Member |
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Lola Rose Thompson as Punk Baby |
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Honey Lea as Baby’s Mother |
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Nicholas Hales as Autograph Hound |
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Rodney Bingenheimer as Self |
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Dick Dale as Self |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan as Self |
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Angelo Moore as Fishbone |
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Kendall Jones as Fishbone |
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Norwood Fisher as Fishbone |
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Walter A. Kibby II as Fishbone |
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Christopher Dowd as Fishbone |
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Phillip Fisher as Fishbone |
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Steve Aschoff as Band Member |
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Gary Usher Jr. as Band Member |
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Ron Eglit as Band Member |
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Tony Avalon as Band Member |
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Frankie Avalon Jr. as Band Member |
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Rick Avery as Surfers & Punks |
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Robert Keller as Surfers & Punks |
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Pat Banta as Surfers & Punks |
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Bruce C. Magee as Surfers & Punks |
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Geoff Brewer as Surfers & Punks |
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Dwayne McGee as Surfers & Punks |
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Jamie R. Brisick as Surfers & Punks |
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A.J. Nay as Surfers & Punks |
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Bob Brown as Surfers & Punks |
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Mark Orrison as Surfers & Punks |
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Cooper Hamilton Bailey as Surfers & Punks |
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Noon Orsatti as Surfers & Punks |
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Jay C. Currin as Surfers & Punks |
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Víctor Quintero as Surfers & Punks |
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Greg Gault as Surfers & Punks |
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Charlie Skeen as Surfers & Punks |
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Randell Dennis Widner as Surfers & Punks |
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O. J. Simpson as Man At Airport (uncredited) |
| Directing | Lyndall Hobbs | Director |
| Writing | Lou Rusoff | Characters |
| Production | Frank Mancuso Jr. | Producer |
| Camera | Bruce Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David Finfer | Editor |
| Production | Denise Chamian | Casting |
| Production | Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Production | Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Art | Donald J. Remacle | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ingrid Ferrin | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marlene Stewart | Costume Design |
| Sound | Gregg Barbanell | Foley |
| Sound | Blake Leyh | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jerry Trent | Foley |
| Crew | Gary Pike | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Terry Haggar | Color Timer |
| Sound | Christopher Kennedy | Music Editor |
| Crew | Gary Littlefield | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Lori Eastside | Choreographer |
| Directing | Julie Pitkanen | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Becky Mancuso-Winding | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Steve Dorff | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Frankie Avalon | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Annette Funicello | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Helmy | Production Designer |
| Writing | James Komack | Story |
| Writing | Bill L. Norton | Story |
| Writing | Bruce Kirschbaum | Story |
| Writing | Peter Krikes | Screenplay |
| Writing | Steve Meerson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Chris Thompson | Screenplay |
| Production | Marty Hornstein | Production Manager |
| Directing | Michael D. Pariser | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | James Lansbury | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kim H. Ornitz | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Spencer Gross | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Kathryn Camp | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Arnold Finkelstein | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Cybele O'Brien | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Directing | Michael Amundson | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hallie D'Amore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Bergman | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Rick Avery | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Julia Evershade | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Dody Dorn | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Robert J. Visciglia Sr. | Property Master |