Pajama Party (film)

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Pajama Party
Directed by	Don Weis
Produced by	Samuel Z. Arkoff James H. Nicholson
Written by	Louis M. Heyward
Starring	Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Elsa Lanchester Jody McCrea Harvey Lembeck Buster Keaton Jesse White
Music by	Les Baxter
Cinematography	Floyd D.Crosby
Editing by	Eve Newman
Release date(s)	November 11, 1964
Running time	82 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Pajama Party is a Beach Party film that was made in 1964 starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Plot

This 4th entry in the Beach Party film series is a strange one. A Martian teenager named Gogo (Tommy Kirk) is sent to Earth to prepare the way for an invasion from Mars. The first Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress shop catering to teenagers. She immediately decks out Gogo in a swimsuit and sends him out to the beach. Her nephew, Big Lunk, is a volleyball-loving guy with little interest in romance, which causes frustration for his girlfriend Connie (Annette Funicello). Naturally, Gogo meets Connie and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Aunt Wendy's shady neighbor and his gang concoct a scheme to part Aunt Wendy from her cash. Also meanwhile, the local motorcycle gang (Eric von Zipper and his Rat Pack) wants revenge on the volleyball players for...getting footprints on their beach. Somehow all the subplots come together at the pajama party.

[edit] Cast

Tommy Kirk .... Go-Go
Annette Funicello .... Connie
Elsa Lanchester .... Aunt Wendy
Harvey Lembeck .... Eric Von Zipper
Jesse White .... J. Sinister Hulk
Jody McCrea .... Big Lunk
Ben Lessy .... Fleegle
Donna Loren .... Vikki
Susan Hart .... Jilda
Bobbi Shaw .... Helga
Cheryl Sweeten .... Francine
Luree Holmes .... Perfume Girl
Candy Johnson .... Candy
Buster Keaton .... Chief Rotten Eagle
Dorothy Lamour .... Head Saleslady
Don Rickles .... "Big Bang" the Martian
Frankie Avalon .... Socum

[edit] Trivia

This film features an early appearance of Teri Garr (billed as "Terry Hope").
Frankie Avalon has little more than a cameo.
Pajama Party is one of only two Beach Party films not directed by William Asher. Pajama Party and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini were directed by Don Weis.