I can think of four good reasons to watch this film.
First, its an amazing time capsule of the 1960-61 period, showing the dance the Twist and the Peppermint Lounge which was famous for a short time back then.
Second, there is a rather nice and sweet story here with some very pleasant characters. One can see it as a forerunner of and precursor of "Saturday Night Fever" Kay Armen and Dino De Luca as an Italian couple are wonderful character actors here.
Third, the movie has the fantastic actress Zohra Lampert in a solid part. She plays Sharon who seduces Rickie Dee away from his family when he starts to become successful and introduces the young rock and rollers to a more sophisticated world of wealth.
Fourth, there is an amazing four minute musical sequence of Joey Dee singing "Shout" near the end of the movie. The montage features lots of shots of women shaking their breasts and derrieres. While these types of high energy musical montages became standard in the Beach Party Movies made mainly by American International from 1962-1967, I don't think any were any better.
I was only a young eight year child growing up in New York City when this movie was made. This movie brought back lots of memories.
First, its an amazing time capsule of the 1960-61 period, showing the dance the Twist and the Peppermint Lounge which was famous for a short time back then.
Second, there is a rather nice and sweet story here with some very pleasant characters. One can see it as a forerunner of and precursor of "Saturday Night Fever" Kay Armen and Dino De Luca as an Italian couple are wonderful character actors here.
Third, the movie has the fantastic actress Zohra Lampert in a solid part. She plays Sharon who seduces Rickie Dee away from his family when he starts to become successful and introduces the young rock and rollers to a more sophisticated world of wealth.
Fourth, there is an amazing four minute musical sequence of Joey Dee singing "Shout" near the end of the movie. The montage features lots of shots of women shaking their breasts and derrieres. While these types of high energy musical montages became standard in the Beach Party Movies made mainly by American International from 1962-1967, I don't think any were any better.
I was only a young eight year child growing up in New York City when this movie was made. This movie brought back lots of memories.