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Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
Directed by Norman Taurog
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Set in Palm Springs during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college students flock to spring break, centering on Jim who finds romance with Bunny, the daughter of Palm Springs harred, stressful police chief. Jim’s bumbling roommate, Biff, tries to get Amanda, a tomboyish girl’s attention with a so-called love gadget. Meanwhile, Gayle Lewis is a high school senior posing as a wealthy college girl who is pursued by Eric Dean, a wealthy and spoiled college prepie, while Gayle has eyes for a cowboy from Texas, named Stretch. Also Jim and Biff’s basketball coach, Campbell, tries to romance Naomi, the owner of the motel where all of the gang is staying at, which is interfered by Naomi’s young, trouble-making, brat son who’s dubbed, Boom-Boom.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Troy Donahue | Connie Stevens | Ty Hardin | Stefanie Powers | Robert Conrad | Andrew Duggan | Jack Weston | Carole Cook | Jerry Van Dyke | Zeme North | Bill Mumy | Dorothy Green | Robert Gothie | Owen Orr | Gary Kincaid | Mark Dempsey | Jim Shane | Oliver McGowan | Tina Cole | Dabbs Greer | Bess Flowers
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/24/2023 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Thought this would be another early sixties sex comedy but it’s really a beach comedy just not set on a beach. It’s spring break and the college students are off to Palm Springs to party and sing and general hi-jinx. It’s fine but lacks a certain something that made the Frankie Avalon / Annette Funicello films charming. Probably the sexual assault + near murder that takes place in this movie warranting the “drama” tag. I didn’t even recognize Robert Conrad in this but that Stefanie Powers is cute as a bug.
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