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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.

Overview

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Director:
William Asher
Writers:
William Asher (writer)
Leo Townsend (writer)
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Release Date:
14 July 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical more
Tagline:
FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS... an interesting course in THE BIRDS... THE BEES and BIKINIS more
Plot:
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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The End of an Era more (14 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

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. more
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. more
Quotes:
Ricky: Maybe that's why I like you so much... you don't tempt easy. more
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Referenced in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Beach Blanket Bizarro (#5.17)" (2001) more
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The End of an Era, 14 March 2003
Author: Brian Washington (Sargebri@att.net) from Los Angeles, California

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.

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