The building and plaza that Stamp and Homer trespass to plant a bomb is the 1963 Ralph Vaughn-designed MCA Tower (aka “The Black Tower” - now named the Lew R. The futuristic-looking residence of John Stamp and his butler, Homer, is actually the Lautner-designed “Garcia Residence” on Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills, built in 1962. Exterior locations Īnnounced in production in November 1965, Out of Sight was filmed in two weeks with exterior sequences done at Zuma Beach. These films were Wild Wild Winter, Surf Party, and Wild on the Beach.

The Astronauts were a Boulder, Colorado-based surf band who had a Billboard Top 100 hit in 1963 with their song “Baja,” and appeared in more beach party movies than any other surf band. Weinrib's directing career consists of only three feature films - all in the beach party genre: Beach Ball for Paramount in 1965, and Wild Wild Winter and Out of Sight, both for Universal in 1966. John Lodge, who plays John Stamp, never reveals his face onscreen.Īlthough Bob Eubanks is listed in the opening credits, he does not appear onscreen at all - only his voice is heard as the announcer at the concert.

This movie is the only onscreen appearance of The Turtles in a feature film. The film was written by Larry Hovis, a comedian who was then co-starring in Hogan's Heroes. The film's spytime score was composed by Fred Darian (who then managed Dobie Gray) and Al DeLory. Out of Sight features a variety of Universal contract players, musical performances by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Dobie Gray, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Astronauts, The Turtles and The Knickerbockers provided by music producer Nick Venet, and gadget-laden motor vehicles designed by George Barris. FLUSH sends three femme fatale assassins after Sandra and Homer: Scuba ( Wende Wagner), Tuff Bod ( Deanna Lund) and Wipe Out ( Maggie Thrett). Overhearing a plot to disrupt a concert, Sandra Carter ( Karen Jensen) contacts Stamp to seek his assistance but with his boss away, Homer steps into the role of superspy to save Rock and Roll from the criminal organisation known as F.L.U.S.H. Homer ( Jonathan Daly) is a butler to secret agent John Stamp. The title of the film was originally announced as Thunder Blunder a parody of Thunderball. Perhaps inspired by the success of the American International Pictures' teenage films, as well as Weinrib and Patton's Beach Party knockoff, Beach Ball, Universal and MCA signed a contract in 1965 for the pair to make 14 rock 'n' roll films in a two-year period however, the only ones produced were Wild Wild Winter and this film.

It is the third and last of a series of films geared at teenagers by director Lennie Weinrib and producer Bart Patton for Universal Pictures. Out of Sight is a 1966 comedy film with elements of the spy spoof.

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