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Zuma Beach is a 1978 TV movie written by John Carpenter and William Schwartz, directed by Lee H. Katzin and starring Suzanne Somers.
Plot
A fading rock singer goes to the beach to get away from it all and winds up getting involved in the lives of the teenage beachgoers.
Cast
Suzanne Somers as Bonnie Katt
Steven Keats as Jerry McCabe
Mark Wheeler as David Hunter
Kimberly Beck as Cathy
Perry Lang as Billy
Michael Biehn as J.D.
Biff Warren as Norman
Les Lannom as Stan
Rosanna Arquette as Beverly
Gary Imhoff as Frank
Leonard Stone as Johnson
Steve Franken as Rick
Richard Molinare as Frank
Tanya Roberts as Denise
P.J. Soles as Nancy
Timothy Hutton as Art
Janus Blythe as Jennifer
History
Suzanne Somers' fame was rising due to the success of the sitcom Three's Company, and she wanted to star in movies. Although a lightweight TV movie, Zuma Beach provided Somers with her first starring movie role.
John Carpenter wrote the script for a producer "who just said he wanted a beach movie." He sold it to Warner Bros., and it became a TV movie to star Suzanne Somers. Carpenter said he "was going to direct it, for about 10 seconds, but one of my mentors, Richard Kobritz...helped me see I didn't want to do it. It was vastly rewritten, so I really shouldn't have taken credit for it, but I was a little asshole in those days."
Tim Hutton had one of his first roles in the film.
Reception
The Los Angeles Times praised the naturalness of Somers' performance.
References
External links
Zuma Beach at IMDb
Full movie on archive.org
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