How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

William Asher

Writers:

William Asher (writer)
Leo Townsend (writer)

Release Date:

14 July 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS... an interesting course in THE BIRDS... THE BEES and BIKINIS

Plot:

Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana...

Plot Keywords:

Advertising | Witch Doctor | Bikini | Witch | Teen

Cast

Annette Funicello	...	Dee Dee (formerly Dolores)
Dwayne Hickman	...	Ricky
Brian Donlevy	...	B.D. MacPherson aka Big Deal
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

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

Elizabeth Montgomery made her cameo appearance as the witch doctor's daughter as a favor to her then husband, William Asher, the film's director.

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

Ricky: Maybe that's why I like you so much... you don't tempt easy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Beach Blanket Bizarro (#5.17)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

The End of an Era

This is the final film to feature Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello as Frankie and Dee Dee, and it is also the worst. Avalon had grown weary of playing an over-aged teen-ager and wanted to do something more with his career and at the same time Annette Funicello had recently married and was starting a family. In fact, Ms. Funicello was very pregnant at the time the film was released. Also, Avalon was in the middle of filming Sgt. Deadhead and couldn't appear in the entire film. The solution, bring in Dwayne Hickman as Rick, an advertising executive, to keep Dee Dee busy while Frankie was off on military duty. This was a big mistake. These best thing about the "Beach Party" films was the chemistry between Avalon and Funicello and this film falls flat on its face because the two are on screen together for only a minute (not counting the duet they sang via split screen). After this film was completed, the two retired from the genre, Avalon to attempt more serious roles and Funicello to raise her family. However, Samuel Z. Arkoff tried to keep the series rolling a couple of more years before he finally gave up the ghost, and not the one in the invisible bikini.