Muscle Beach Party (1964) 
AIP Production #6401/6422 

Jeff and Cheryl try to ignore the obnoxious body-builders camped out next door in Muscle Beach Party. 

Directed by William Asher 
Screenplay by Robert Dillon 
Story by Robert Dillon and William Asher 
Produced by Robert Dillon and James H. Nicholson 

Starring:
Frankie Avalon as Frankie 
Annette Funicello as Dee Dee 
Luciana Paluzzi as Contessa Juliana ("Julie") Giotto-Borgini 
John Ashley as Johnny 
Don Rickles as Jack Fanny 
Peter Turgeon as Theodore 
Jody McCrea as Deadhead 
Dick Dale as Himself 
Candy Johnson as Candy  
Rock Stevens as Flex Martian 
Valora Noland as Animal 
Delores Wells as Sniffles 
Donna Loren as Donna 
Morey Amsterdam as Cappy 
Little Stevie Wonder as Himself 
Buddy Hackett as S.Z. Matts (rich business manager) 
Dan Haggerty as Biff 
Larry Scott as Rock 
Gordon Case as Tug 
Gene Shuey as Riff 
Chester Yorton as Hulk 
Bob Seven as Sulk 
Steve Merjanian as Clod 
Alberta Nelson as Lisa, Jack Fanny's assistant 
Amadee Chabot as Flo, Jack Fanny's assistant 
Peter Lorre as Mr. Strangdour 

An Alta Vista Production for American International Pictures 

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955).