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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) -- With Frankie away in Tahiti with his navel reserve unit, Dee Dee and the rest of the beach party gang get involved in new adventures.

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William Asher (writer)
Leo Townsend (writer)
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Release Date:
14 July 1965 (USA) more
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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... more | add synopsis
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Weak entry, but some minor interest more (14 total)

Cast

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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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93 min
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Color (Pathécolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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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. more
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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. more
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Cassandra: I'm from a long way off, and I'm here to have fun and keep you fellas happy! more
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References Pit and the Pendulum (1961) more
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Weak entry, but some minor interest, 9 November 2000
Author: SGriffin-6 (spgriffi@mail.smu.edu) from Dallas, Texas

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...

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