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2 unusual facts about Back to the Beach


Back to the Beach

The film's soundtrack included covers of several well-known beach tunes, along with new songs by such artists as Aimee Mann and Private Domain.

Along the way, Frankie faces a challenge to his title from the younger surfers, and nearly ruins his marriage by dallying with Connie Stevens — one of several pop-culture icons appearing in the film, including Fishbone, Don Adams, Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Edd Byrnes, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Barbara Billingsley, Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan, O.J. Simpson, and Pee-wee Herman.


Lyndall Hobbs

In 1987, she directed her first full-length feature film entitled Back to the Beach starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.


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Pirates of the Great Salt Lake

While walking back to the beach, they pass McGrath's Fish House, where Flint and Kirk first met (Eye for an Aye).