1h 23min | Comedy, Musical | 29 September 1965 | Color, ws
Director: Lennie Weinrib
Stars: Edd Byrnes, Chris Noel, Robert Logan.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058952/
Watched online, blurry and cropped to fs.
11 songs in the Soundtracks: 2 by The Supremes, 1 by (Frankie Valli and) the Four Seasons, 1 by the Righteous Brothers, 1 without performer.
I didn't recognize the song/voices of the Righteous Brothers, but I saw their faces. Frankie Valli's voice jumped out at me, but notice his name is not yet separate. The Supremes sang about surfing and about a beach ball; really bad songs, amazing that they're credited to Dozier/Holland/Dozier.
The plot, about the boys trying to get money to pay the installment on their instruments involves a college tuition loan organization run by gullible students, a car racing opportunity, a talent contest, attempted borrowing from skydiving and scuba diving friends while pursuing their sports.
It was awful, almost annoying enough for a 4, but not quite.
Those Beach movies must have been making big bucks for Paramount to try cashing in like this.
distr. Paramount, dir. Weinrib; 5-
