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14 July 1965 (USA)
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FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS... an interesting course in THE BIRDS... THE BEES and BIKINIS more
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Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana...
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Weak entry, but some minor interest
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Annette Funicello | ... | Dee Dee (formerly Dolores) |
 | Dwayne Hickman | ... | Ricky |
 | Brian Donlevy | ... | B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson |
 | Harvey Lembeck | ... | Eric Von Zipper |
| Beverly Adams | ... | Cassandra |
| John Ashley | ... | Johnny |
| Jody McCrea | ... | Bonehead |
| Marianne Gaba | ... | Animal |
 | Len Lesser | ... | North Dakota Pete |
 | Irene Tsu | ... | Native Girl |
| Arthur Julian | ... | Dr. Melamed |
| Bobbi Shaw | ... | Khola Koku |
 | Buster Keaton | ... | Bwana |
| The Kingsmen | ... | Themselves |
| Alberta Nelson | ... | Puss |
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The last "Beach Party" film to feature Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. Because Avalon asked producers Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson for more money, his role was cut down to what amounts to a small cameo of about six minutes of screen time.
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Continuity: During the race scene, Harvey Lembeck is riding motorcycle #13 when he wipes out in the grease he's riding #21 and then a few seconds later he's back on #13.
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References Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
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The Boy Next Door
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This was the last of American-International's beach musicals that starred Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello (although they'd try to continue for a few films without these two). Frankie and Annette are barely together even in the film--Frankie is more of a cameo than a major character in the plot.
Intriguingly, this musical is filled with "book numbers"--where the characters sing when they should be talking. Usually, the beach party movies just had people asking Frankie or Annette to sing at a party or at a nightclub. So, that's a change. The problem is that the songs aren't anything to write home about.
Further, the film betrays why the beach movies were losing their popularity: the surfing fad was being supplanted by a renewed interest in motorcycle culture. Only a year or two later, American-International would be making films like "The Wild Angels." This is a problem for a series where the stock antagonist, Eric Von Zipper, is a parody of Marlon Brando's biker hood in "The Wild One" (1954). The film shows a renewed interest in cycles--Annette's romantic interest, Harvey Lembeck, is an avid motorcyclist. The film tries to deal with this by transforming Von Zipper from a biker into the stereotypical 60s junior executive (a la "How to Succeed in Business"). But, you can see the structure starting to fall apart here.
There are fun moments though--particularly the opening credits (clay animation done by Art Cloakey, the creator of Gumby), and the wacky motorcycle race at the end of the film. Lastly, there's a fun cameo at the very end of the film by producer William Asher's wife...