The Fat Spy (1966)

Directed by

Joseph Cates

Genre

beach party film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

3.1 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A low-budget comedy follows a group of teenagers at a beach party. The film tries to spoof beach party movies but is widely considered a very bad movie.

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What happens

The Fat Spy is a 1966 Z movie that attempts to parody teenage beach party films rather than spy films. It is featured in the 2004 documentary The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made. Briefly released to theaters in 1966, it was rarely seen until the 1990s, when it was released to the public domain. Since then it has been widely released on DVD and VHS in various editions sold mainly at dollar stores. The film was shot on location in Cape Coral, Florida, according to the book Images of America: Cape Coral (Arcadia Publishing, 2009) written by members of the Cape Coral Historical Society. Featured in the film is Cape Coral Gardens, a popular public rose garden during the early 1960s, which was known for a series of quaint, interconnected footbridges. The tourist attraction no longer exists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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