Catalina Caper (1967)

Director:

Lee Sholem

Writers:

Clyde Ware (screenplay)
Sam Pierce (original story)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Mystery

Tagline:

Wild adventure... international intrigue!

Plot:

A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Beach | Bikini | Yanked Off Bikini Top | Caper

Cast

Tommy Kirk	...	Don Pringle
Del Moore	...	Arthur Duval
Peter Duryea	...	Tad Duval
Robert Donner	...	Fingers O'Toole
Ulla Strömstedt	...	Katrina Corelli
Jim Begg	...	Larry
Sue Casey	...	Anne Duval
Lyle Waggoner	...	Angelo
Michael Blodgett	...	Bob Draper (as Mike Blodgett)
Bonnie Lomann	...	Redhead
Britt Nilsson	...	Brunette
Donna Russell	...	Blonde
James Almanzar	...	Sid
Lee Deane	...	Lakopolous
Venita Wolf	...	Tina Moss
Brian Cutler	...	Charlie Moss
Peter Mamakos	...	Borman
Little Richard	...	Himself
Carol Connors	...	Herself
The Cascades	...	Themselves
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Timothy Garland	...	Himself (uncredited)
John Gummoe	...	Himself (uncredited)
Eddie Snyder	...	Himself (uncredited)
David Stevens	...	Himself (uncredited)
David Szabo	...	Himself (uncredited)
David Wilson	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Lee Sholem

Writing credits
Clyde Ware		(screenplay)
Sam Pierce		(original story)

Produced by
Jack Bartlett	....	producer
Bond Blackman	....	producer
Sherman H. Dryer	....	executive producer
Sal Mungo	....	associate producer
Willis Oborn	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jerry Long

Cinematography by
Ted V. Mikels		(as Ted Mikels)

Film Editing by
Herman Freedman

Makeup Department
Marc Snegoff	....	makeup artist (as Mark Snegoff)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Dixon	....	assistant director (as Dick Dixon)
Wendell Franklin	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Earl Phillips	....	property master

Sound Department
Rod Sutton	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Caramico	....	camera operator (as Bob Caramico)
Foster K. Denker	....	chief electrician (as Foster Denker)
Tom Ramsey	....	key grip
Peter Sorel	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dorothy Worner	....	wardrobe

Music Department
John Caper Jr.	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Michael Blodgett	....	choreographer
Bruce Clark	....	assistant to producer
Blair Robertson	....	script supervisor
Ron Terry	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Executive Productions

Distributors

• Crown International Pictures (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures of Canada (Canada) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Murakami-Wolf Productions  titles

Also Known As:

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA

Company:

Executive Productions

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The lead singer at the yacht party lip-synchs the wrong verse during "Book of Love", which causes her to make a surprised face and then begin to laugh.

Quotes:

Don:I've never seen so many trying to cover so much with so little.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell (#6.12)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

There's a New World

I wanted to push them all into a bonfire.

Catalina Caper is relatively painful. The plot, if you can call it that, involves a group of kids hanging around the beach for some summer fun. A piece of artwork (aka "the scroll") is stolen by this guy who looks like Drew Carey for his boss Duval, who talks like Al Capone. He tries to keep said scroll from this other crime boss Lakapolous. The kids get involved in the case, so that's where all the exciting action takes place. Don Pringle is the main hero of the story. He spends most of his time chasing after this weird dark haired girl. Oh and then there's this other guy in a suit running around trying to expose Duval and he gets into all these slapstick situations that are really, really dumb.

In between the little tidbits of story, you get little music breaks. This includes an appearance by Little Richard! You also get to see some...guys sitting around singing and then this other chick singing a song called "Book of Love". Yeah...not much else to say about that. Not only to you get to hear their great songs, you get to watch all the kids dance too! The way they move looks really painful at times. Makes you just want to jump right into the movie and dislocate a hip with them! They danced like fools in the 60's. Mindless zombie beach goers.

This movie is best viewed in the MST3K version, lots of great jokes there. Joel & the 'bots do a beautiful job of tearing this one apart. See it for a lot of good laughs. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a rockin' scuba party to get to. I feel a dance number comin' on!