Product Details

• Actors: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi, John Ashley, Don Rickles
• Directors: William Asher
• Writers: William Asher, Robert Dillon
• Producers: James H. Nicholson, Robert Dillon, Samuel Z. Arkoff
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 22, 1994
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000F55K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #439,110 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MUSCLE STUDS A GO-GO!, July 22, 1999

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[e-mail] (New Orleans) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muscle Beach Party [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you like to see Bodyuilders from years gone by then this tape is right up your alley! See a young Larry Scott (the first Mr. Olympia) flex and pose his Beautiful, Golden body along with about a dozen other hunky Muscle Men. You won't be disappointed when the Beefy Lads come out on the beach and drop the capes they were wearing, exposing their marvelous physiques. Swoon! I first saw this as a kid and it had a MAJOR impact on my young phsyche - I've had a huge crush on Bodybuilders ever since. Let this movie work it's magic on you!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best of the beach movies., January 2, 2001

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Lee Hartsfeld (Central Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Muscle Beach Party [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Muscle Beach Party" is the sharpest and funniest of the "Beach Party" movies. And it's the least dumb. That's saying a lot, really!

The supporting cast is unbeatable--Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, Peter Lupus (billed as Rock Stevens), Morey Amsterdam, and a last-minute appearance by Peter Lorre (as Lupus' father!).

These were the first screen appearances of Stevie Wonder, who steals the musical portion of the flick, and Lupus, who is quite good as the ego-centered Flex Martian, chief muscleman in Rickles' stable. Why this movie works so well is a mystery, but it does. You could spend your money less wisely.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun in the sun, October 25, 2000

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A. Whitney (Silicon Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Muscle Beach Party [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While I wouldn't consider myself a Frankie & Annette fan, I did order a copy of this movie. It has the kooky fun of a 60's beach flick complete with dancing, singing and some madcap adventures, but I wanted the movie for 2 other reasons. 1) I wanted to get a copy of the big screen debut of 'Little' Stevie Wonder which is a rockin' performance with Dick Dale & the Del Tones. It's fun to see Stevie doing his thing in front of the band, instead of crooning behind a piano. 2) Candy Johnson. You may remember her as the gal who was shaking & quaking with outfits covered in tassles. If Carol Burnett was a go-go dancer, this would be her.

This is a fun movie that makes you yearn for simpler times before the world got so jaded.