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The film was produced by Bart Patton, an actor who did some production work for Roger Corman. Corman gave him $ 100,000 to make a beach party movie, of which $ 22,000 was already earmarked to Edd Byrnes. Patton wanted to direct but Corman did not let him having already hired comic Lennie
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