Factual error: Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell explains that his black kimono was a gift from "the Tokyo Fire Department." The seven characters embroidered on the kimono are Chinese, not Japanese.
Beach Party (1963)
Directed by: William Asher
Starring: Robert Cummings, Annette Funicello, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon
Trivia: Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell is writing a book about the sex habits of teenagers. His secretary tells him, "Hang on to the movie rights. American-International will snap it up in a minute." American-International is the real-life Los Angeles studio which produced several teen-oriented films, including "Reform School Girl," "Hot Rod gang," "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" - and "Beach Party."
Big Daddy: The pit! Bring me my pendulum, kiddies, I feel like swinging.
