Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel
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Overview
Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel
Director
Lyndall Hobbs
Status
Released
Production
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Frankie Avalon
Annette's Husband
Annette Funicello
Annette
Lori Loughlin
Sandi
Tommy Hinkley
Michael
Demian Slade
Bobby
Joe Holland
Zed
John Calvin
Troy
David Bowe
Mountain
Laura Lanoil
Robin
Connie Stevens
Connie
Don Adams
Harbor Master
Barbara Billingsley
Announcer
Edd Byrnes
Valet
Bob Denver
Bartender
Tony Dow
Judge #1
Alan Hale Jr.
Bartender’s Buddy
Jerry Mathers
Judge #2
Paul Reubens
Pee-Wee Herman
Linda Carol
Bridgette
Marjorie Gross
Airline Hostess
Hartley Silver
Fleishman
Alan Barry
Salesman
Thomas David Parker
Salesman
Todd Bryant
Webby
Floyd Foster Jr.
Ernie
Emil McKown
Odie / Band Member
Jon Paul Jones
Punk
Eddie Vail
Surf Dude
Drew Steele
Surfer / Band Member
Lola Rose Thompson
Punk Baby
Honey Lea
Baby’s Mother
Nicholas Hales
Autograph Hound
Rodney Bingenheimer
Self
Dick Dale
Self
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Self
Angelo Moore
Fishbone
Kendall Jones
Fishbone
Norwood Fisher
Fishbone
Walter A. Kibby II
Fishbone
Christopher Dowd
Fishbone
Phillip Fisher
Fishbone
Steve Aschoff
Band Member
Gary Usher Jr.
Band Member
Ron Eglit
Band Member
Tony Avalon
Band Member
Frankie Avalon Jr.
Band Member
Rick Avery
Surfers & Punks
Robert Keller
Surfers & Punks
Pat Banta
Surfers & Punks
Bruce C. Magee
Surfers & Punks
Geoff Brewer
Surfers & Punks
Dwayne McGee
Surfers & Punks
Jamie R. Brisick
Surfers & Punks
A.J. Nay
Surfers & Punks
Bob Brown
Surfers & Punks
Mark Orrison
Surfers & Punks
Cooper Hamilton Bailey
Surfers & Punks
Noon Orsatti
Surfers & Punks
Jay C. Currin
Surfers & Punks
Víctor Quintero
Surfers & Punks
Greg Gault
Surfers & Punks
Charlie Skeen
Surfers & Punks
Randell Dennis Widner
Surfers & Punks
O. J. Simpson
Man At Airport (uncredited)
Video Gallery
Back to the Beach - Trailer
Back to the Beach 1987 TV spot
