Back to the Beach (1987)
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All killer...no filler!!
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
- Released: 1987-08-07
- Genres: Comedy, Music
- Runtime: 1h 32m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10 from 47 votes
Directed by Lyndall Hobbs.
Top 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
Where to watch Back to the Beach
- United States: watch free on Hoopla; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- India: rent on Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on Super Channel Plus, Super Channel Amazon Channel, fuboTV; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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