spring break

Palm Springs Weekend (1963)

Poster for Palm Springs Weekend

IT'S WHERE THE BOYS ARE AND THE GIRLS ARE...that swingin' vacation weekend when American youth descends on America's swankiest playground!

Set in Palm Springs during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college students flock to spring break, centering on Jim who finds romance with Bunny, the daughter of Palm Springs harred, stressful police chief. Jim's bumbling roommate, Biff, tries to get Amanda, a tomboyish girl's attention with a so-called love gadget. Meanwhile, Gayle Lewis is a high school senior posing as a wealthy college girl who is pursued by Eric Dean, a wealthy and spoiled college prepie, while Gayle has eyes for a cowboy from Texas, named Stretch. Also Jim and Biff's basketball coach, Campbell, tries to romance Naomi, the owner of the motel where all of the gang is staying at, which is interfered by Naomi's young, trouble-making, brat son who's dubbed, Boom-Boom.

Cast & Crew

Director
Norman Taurog
  • Profile picture of Troy Donahue
    Jim Munroe Troy Donahue
  • Profile picture of Connie Stevens
    Gayle Lewis - Jane Hoover Connie Stevens
  • Profile picture of Ty Hardin
    Doug 'Stretch' Fortune Ty Hardin
  • Profile picture of Stefanie Powers
    Bunny Dixon Stefanie Powers
  • Profile picture of Robert Conrad
    Eric Dean Robert Conrad
  • Profile picture of Andrew Duggan
    Police Chief Dixon Andrew Duggan
  • Profile picture of Jack Weston
    Coach Fred Campbell Jack Weston
  • Profile picture of Carole Cook
    Naomi Yates Carole Cook

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Keywords

  • spring break