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The Fat Spy (1966)

1966 · Feature film · 80 min · dir. Joseph Cates

It's a killer... a Diller... a blast of laffs!

  • Comedy
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Synopsis

A mostly-deserted island, which is believed to be the home to the fountain of youth, is off the coast of Florida. The island gets some visitors in the form of a teenage boy band, "the Wild Ones", and their gang of swimsuit-clad young people, who head there in a crowded powerboat ostensibly for a scavenger hunt.

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Details

Director
Joseph Cates
Writer
Matthew Andrews
Composer
Al Kasha
Cinematography
Joseph C. Brun
Studio
Phillip Productions
Released
1966-05-11
Running time
80 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Hidden Gem! · hushicho · 2013-12-22

This film is one that was unfairly and completely inappropriately overlooked. In truth, it is head and shoulders above any of the 'official' beach party films, with an amazingly good soundtrack. This is the kind of soundtrack that is so strong, I would like to find it in good quality, just to listen to it; the lyrics are so well-done, and in a number of songs so witty and hilarious. The script is about the same as any beach party film: twenty-somethings (parading about pretending to be teens) flounce about in next to nothing while a more serious story unfolds around them. This one is…

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