This film essentially begins with a female college student by the name of "Lee Sullivan" (Sherry Jackson) being told that she has recently inherited a house by her recently deceased uncle, and that she will be presented with the deed once his will is finalized in a couple of days. Naturally, being somewhat curious about the house, Lee decides to bring some of her female friends with her to check it out. However, once they arrive, they find that a young man named "Adam Miller" (Frankie Randall) has been living there and is currently in the process of hosting a party with a number of his friends. It is then revealed that Adam was given permission by Lee's uncle to live in the house because housing was so difficult for college students to find in that particular area. Even so, Lee is not at all happy about Adam staying there but, because she doesn't have a deed to the house, there is nothing she can do about it for at least a couple of days. That being said, left with few other choices, Lee reluctantly agrees to allow Adam and his male friends to sleep in the living room, while she and her friends occupy the bedrooms. What she doesn't realize, however, is that the local college takes a very dim view of male and female college students residing in the same house and that a senior administrator named "Dean Parker" (Booth Coleman) is determined to expel them once he has adequate proof. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a rather half-hearted attempt by 20th Century-Fox to capitalize on the Beach Movie craze that American International Pictures (AIP) brought to full prominence during this particular time. For starters, unlike the Beach Party movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, there really wasn't much chemistry between Frankie Randall and Sherry Jackson in this particular picture. Likewise, having the film shot in black-and-white certainly didn't help either. And to make matters even worse, rather than showcasing an actual beach, most of the movie took place indoors! Again though, like I said earlier, this entire production was a rather half-hearted attempt by 2oth Century-Fox. In any case, while there are a number of decent Beach Party movies out there, this isn't one of the them and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.
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