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Fun in Acapulco (1963)
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Mike works on a boat in Acapulco. When the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike must find new work. Little boy Rauol helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashes abound when Mike runs into the rival lifeguard, who is the champion diver of Mexico.
Style:
psychotronic, retro, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, technicolor, exotic
Plot:
elvis presley, lifeguard, music, love, musician, youth, beach, rivalry, love triangle, hotel, love and romance, fall in love, resort, follow your dream, couples, babies and infants, nightlife, ambition, family business, redemption, cinderella story, lifestyle, clergy, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
latin america, acapulco mexico, mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about music, artists and showbiz, ambition, love and romance, lifestyle, musician's life and singer mostly in Comedy, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like Fun in Acapulco: Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), Blue Hawaii (1961), Easy Come, Easy Go (1967), Right This Way Folks! (1964), Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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