The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)

A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.

Director:

Don Weis

Writers:

Louis M. Heyward (screenplay), Elwood Ullman (screenplay),

Stars:

Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Aron Kincaid

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tommy Kirk	...	Chuck Phillips
Deborah Walley	...	Lili Morton
Aron Kincaid	...	Bobby
Quinn O'Hara	...	Sinistra
Jesse White	...	J. Sinister Hulk
Harvey Lembeck	...	Eric Von Zipper
Nancy Sinatra	...	Vicki
Claudia Martin	...	Lulu
Francis X. Bushman	...	Malcolm
Benny Rubin	...	Chicken Feather
Bobbie Shaw Chance	...	Princess Yolanda (as Bobbi Shaw)
George Barrows	...	Monstro
Basil Rathbone	...	Reginald Ripper
Patsy Kelly	...	Myrtle Forbush
Boris Karloff	...	The Corpse

Storyline

Hiram Stokley is a recently desased corpse who learns that he has 24 hours to mastermind and perform one good deed in order to get into Heaven, so he enlists the help of his long deceased girlfriend Cecily, a ghost, to stop his greedy lawyer, Reginald Ripper and his henchman J. Sinister Hulk from claiming his estate for themselves and protecting his eligible heirs, Chuck, Lili, Hiram's cousin Myrtle, and her son who brings his beach party friends up at the mansion for a pool party while Reginald Ripper also employs his daughter Sinistra, and J. Sinister Hulk's slow-witted associates Chicken Feather and Yolanda to help them terrorize the teens, while dopey biker Eric Von Zipper and his Malibu Rat Pack bikers also get involved in pursuing Yolanda for a share of the estate.

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Plot Keywords:

biker | ghost | teen | pool party | beach party | 

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Taglines:

There's something blood-curdling for everyone!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Musical

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 April 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beach Party in a Haunted House

Filming Locations:

Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Buster Keaton was originally cast in the role of Chicken Feather, and had played a similar character in a previous BEACH PARTY entry, "Pajama Party", but died in February 1966, and was replaced by Benny Rubin. Bobbi Shaw was also set to work with Keaton again, as she had before in "Beach Blanket Bingo."

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Goofs

The sawdust on Lili Morton keeps disappearing as she is tied to the sawmill in the Chamber of Horrors.

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Connections

Follows Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Swing A-Ma Thing"
Words and Music by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner
Performed by The Bobby Fuller Four (uncredited)

User Reviews

The Title Of This Movie Is A Big Misnomer!

Anyone expecting to see nudity in this film, be forewarned! It's the GHOST that's invisible and not the bikini!