RiffRaff
“Bong a beer. Do 50 push-ups. Welcome to The Crew.”
Synopsis
At Chicago's North Avenue Beach, the lifeguards are the law. These ragtags will do everything in their power to make sure you don't go out past your waist. Best friends Hughie (the hopeless romantic) and Otis (the ladykiller) get caught in one love triangle after another as young vixen Maggie and tomboy May make it hard for them to keep their eyes on the water at all times. As the summer sun heats up, so does tension among the crew, and their despotic superiors make sure that's it's never just another day at the beach.
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Principal cast & crew: 15
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Edited by Justen NaughtonShot by Kuba ZelazekDesigned by Adri Siriwatt
Box Office
2009 · Box office
Produced on a $400K budget
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$400K
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Cast & Crew
15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ben Wells
as Hughie McGovern
Robert Belushi
as Otis Jay
Chryssie Whitehead
as May Desmond
Katie O Hagan
as Maggie Hartigan
Joe Farina
as Captain Bill Bogdanski
Justen Naughton
as Mate Tobias MacNamara
Sonny Jaramilla
as Mate Vic Bronze
Alissa Bailey
as Mate Ellie Jarman
Tavares Davis
as Cleophus James
Kyle Lane
as Rasso
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1Writers
1Producers
2Other crew
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