Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep (2025)

Plot Summary

The 1974 unreleased made-for-TV concert movie ‘Cheaper Than Cheep’ is finally being released 50 years later! This never-before-heard-or-seen two-hour concert reveals the most intimate performance ever captured from the 1974 Mothers line-up, direct from the lovingly resurrected and restored original vault audio and videotape masters.

Full Cast & Characters

Frank Zappa

Self (guitar, vocals)

Chester Thompson

Self (drums)

George Duke

Self (keyboards, vocals)

Jeff Simmons

Self (guitar, vocals)

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Self (tenor sax, flute, vocals)

Ruth Underwood

Self (percussion)

Tom Fowler

Self (bass)

Cal Schenkel

Self

Bruce Bickford

Self

Meatball

Director & Crew

Official Trailer

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