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, Peter Scolari, Christopher Lee, and

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Plot

After taking over a failing Miami hotel with her workaholic fiancé Elliot ( Peter Scolari), Tracy (

) thinks model

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is sleeping with him. She then tries to have an affair of her own, and arranges for hookers to become bellhops. Meanwhile, her father hires an arsonist to blow up the hotel.

Principal cast

Production

The red jumpsuits singing maids Cherie and Marie are seen wearing in this film are the same jumpsuits

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wore in season one of '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''. The jumpsuits were re-purposed for the Rosebud Beach Hotel. When Markie was asked if she remembered the suit, she said she remembered it well. She said there were two made for her as it was a long shoot, and while one was being cleaned, she had another to shoot in. Marie Currie said she remembered going to Universal for a fitting for the movie, and production were thrilled to find two of the same suit for them to wear, she didn't know it was made for Buck Rogers. This is the first film Cherie and Marie Currie acted in together. A white van in the film has "Irv-Harry's Laundry Service" on its side. The film's producers are Irving Schwartz and Harry Hurwitz.

Soundtrack

Cherie and Marie Currie sang, wrote, and produced songs for this film and its soundtrack. They sang multiple times in the film. All the songs they sing in the film can be found on the soundtrack. The first two tracks and the final track by Cherie and Marie can be found on Cherie and Marie's 1999 album ''80's Collection''. However, "Here He Comes" doesn't appear on any of Cherie's albums.

Track listing

# "Romeo" (Stephen Crane) – Cherie &

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# "Where's the Music" (Cherie Currie, Dan Ferguson) – Cherie & Marie Currie # "Here He Comes" (Wayne Sloan) - Cherie & Marie Currie # "Come Down to Miami" (Raquel M. Attias) - Celia Cruz and

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# "Meltdown" (Dow McKeever) - Dow McKeever # "Don't Like No Parties" (Dow McKeever) - Dow McKeever # "Baby Baby" (Christian Irwin) - Christian Irwin # "Scratch" (Greg Anderson, John Duff, Paul Magliari, Lou Vassalla) - The IBM's # "Steel" (Cherie Currie, Marie Currie) - Cherie & Marie Currie

Personnel

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- vocals *

- vocals * Stephen Crane - Bass *Duane Sciacqua - Guitar *

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- Drums *Ron Rayburn - Guitar

Production

*Producer:

*Assistant producer:

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and Dan Ferguson

References

External links

* * * 1984 films Films about prostitution in the United States Films set in Florida Films shot in Miami 1984 comedy films Films directed by Harry Hurwitz American comedy films Films scored by Jay Chattaway 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub