| Director | Harvey Hart |
|---|---|
| Budget | $1.9 million |
| Box office | $1.5 million |
A woman named Vicki Cartwright is found severely beaten along a Malibu highway. Police arrest her boyfriend, surfer Denny McGuire. An unfolding series of flashbacks reveals the nature of their relationship.
Denny lives in a Malibu beach house with Collie Ransom, a middle-aged tennis bum, and Choo-Choo Burns, a beatnik jazz pianist. Their carefree life as bachelors was interrupted by the sudden arrival of Vicki, an aspiring actress. Denny and Vicki began a relationship, but Vicki refused to marry him, being under the control of her possessive producer and lover Brady Caswell. Meanwhile, she took an interest in a outlaw biker nicknamed "Mr. Clean".
Eventually, Denny and Vicki bitterly breakup, and Vicki is found beaten two weeks later. After Denny and Collie are released, they learn that Vicki was savagely beaten by Caswell after she had masochistic sex with Mr. Clean. Denny assaults Caswell at his home, leaving him bleeding and unconscious. He resolves to leave Malibu, and relocates to Santa Monica.