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Palm Springs Weekend (1963)

IT'S WHERE THE BOYS ARE AND THE GIRLS ARE...that swingin' vacation weekend when American youth descends on America's swankiest playground!

Genre : Comedy, Romance

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Norman Taurog
Writer : Earl Hamner, Jr.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Troy Donahue
Troy Donahue
Jim Munroe
Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens
Gayle Lewis - Jane Hoover
Ty Hardin
Ty Hardin
Doug 'Stretch' Fortune
Stefanie Powers
Stefanie Powers
Bunny Dixon
Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad
Eric Dean
Andrew Duggan
Andrew Duggan
Police Chief Dixon
Jack Weston
Jack Weston
Coach Fred Campbell
Carole Cook
Carole Cook
Naomi Yates
Jerry Van Dyke
Jerry Van Dyke
Biff Roberts
Zeme North
Zeme North
Amanda North
Bill Mumy
Bill Mumy
Boom Boom Yates
Dorothy Green
Dorothy Green
Cora Dixon
Robert Gothie
Robert Gothie
Gabby
Owen Orr
Owen Orr
Hap (as Greg Benedict)
Gary Kincaid
Gary Kincaid
Fred
Mark Dempsey
Mark Dempsey
Mike
Jim Shane
Jim Shane
Dave
Oliver McGowan
Oliver McGowan
Henry Blanchard (uncredited)
Tina Cole
Tina Cole
Ruth Stewart (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Dabbs Greer
Boys' Club Leader (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Crews

Norman Taurog
Norman Taurog
Director
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Screenplay
Fred Williams
Fred Williams
Makeup Artist
Harold Lipstein
Harold Lipstein
Director of Photography
LeRoy Deane
LeRoy Deane
Art Direction
Folmar Blangsted
Folmar Blangsted
Editor
Stanley Jones
Stanley Jones
Sound
George James Hopkins
George James Hopkins
Set Decoration
Gordon Bau
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Jean Burt Reilly
Jean Burt Reilly
Hair Supervisor
Chuck Hansen
Chuck Hansen
Assistant Director
Stanley Goldsmith
Stanley Goldsmith
Assistant Director
Frank Perkins
Frank Perkins
Original Music Composer
Michael A. Hoey
Michael A. Hoey
Producer
Ray Forman
Ray Forman
Hairstylist
Norman Pringle
Norman Pringle
Makeup Artist

Trailers and other movies

Palm Springs Weekend - Trailer

Posters and backgrounds

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