Palm Springs Weekend
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Produced by | Michael A. Hoey |
| Written by | Earl Hamner Jr. |
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Troy Donahue Connie Stevens |
| Music by | Frank Perkins |
| Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,565,000 |
Palm Springs Weekend is a 1963 Warner Bros. bedroom comedy film directed by Norman Taurog. It has elements of the beach party genre (AIP's Beach Party became a smash hit in July, while Warner Bros. was still putting this film together) and has been called “a sort of Westernized version of Where the Boys Are" by Billboard magazine. It stars Troy Donahue, Stefanie Powers, Robert Conrad, Ty Hardin, and Connie Stevens.
A group of college students from Los Angeles travel to Palm Springs to spend the Easter weekend there. Student Jim Munroe (Troy Donahue) falls for Bunny Dixon (Stefanie Powers), the daughter of an overprotective police chief (Andrew Duggan). Munroe's room mate Biff Roberts (Jerry Van Dyke) and plain-jane Amanda North (Zeme North) try to seduce each other. Spoiled rich playboy Eric Dean (Robert Conrad) and Hollywood stuntman from Texas Doug Fortune (Ty Hardin) compete for the attentions of a pretty girl (Connie Stevens) from Beverly Hills. A wild auto chase and serious crash ensue on the long drive home after an evening in Las Vegas, but all ends well.
Syndicated columnist, radio and television talk show host and personality Shirley Eder makes a cameo as herself in the record store scene; Mike Henry plays the parking valet at the Riviera Hotel; Dawn Wells and Linda Gray appear as featured extras in non-speaking roles.
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