Malibu Beach (film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Malibu Beach

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| director = Robert J. Rosenthal

| writer =

| screenplay = Celia Susan Cotelo
Robert J. Rosenthal

| story =

| producer = Marilyn Jacobs Tenser

| starring = Kim Lankford
James Daughton
Susan Player
Michael Luther
Steve Oliver
Flora Plumb

| narrator =

| cinematography = Jamie Anderson

| editing = Robert Barrere

| music = Michael Lloyd

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| distributor = Crown International Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1978}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

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Malibu Beach is a 1978 American film directed by Robert J. Rosenthal.{{cite news|title=Malibu Beach are 60s beach films|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|date=18 April 1978|page= 42}}

Premise

Young people have adventures over the summer.

Cast

  • Kim Lankford as Dina
  • James Daughton as Bobby
  • Susan Player as Sally
  • Michael Luther as Paul
  • Steve Oliver as Dugan
  • Flora Plumb as Ms. Plickett
  • Roger Lawrence Pierce as Claude
  • Sherry Lee Marks as Margie
  • Tara Strohmeier as Glorianna
  • Rory Stevens as Charlie
  • Parris Buckner as Rodney
  • Bruce Kimball as Lyle
  • Bill Adler as Vanner

Reception

The film made $2.25 million.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/295/mode/1up|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace|last=Donahue|first= Suzanne Mary|year=1987 |publisher=UMI Research Press |page=295}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada Reviews were generally poor.{{cite news|title='Malibu': Stuffing a stale bikini|newspaper=Abilene Reporter-News|date=16 July 1978|page= 28}} However the Los Angeles Times called it "pleasant as a summer holiday" and "tinged with a poingnant sense of youth's fleetingness."{{cite news|first=Kevin|last=Thomas|title='Malibu Beach': A farewell to youth|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=5 May 1978|page= 90}}

See also

References

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