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Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) -- Subplots in this classic beach movie of the 1960s includes a group of beach teens become involved in a kidnapping of a singing idol.
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Director:
Writers:
Leo Townsend (written by) and
William Asher (writer)
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Release Date:
14 April 1965 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Any number can play...but it's better with just two! more
Plot:
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led... more | add synopsis
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The movie that gave the whole series its name more (29 total)

Cast

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Frankie Avalon ... Frankie

Annette Funicello ... Dee Dee
Deborah Walley ... Bonnie Graham
Harvey Lembeck ... Eric Von Zipper
John Ashley ... Steve Gordon
Jody McCrea ... Bonehead

Donna Loren ... Donna
Marta Kristen ... Lorelei
Linda Evans ... Sugar Kane

Timothy Carey ... South Dakota Slim

Don Rickles ... Big Drop
Paul Lynde ... Bullets
Donna Michelle ... Animal
Michael Nader ... Butch (as Mike Nader)
Patti Chandler ... Patti
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Runtime:
98 min
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Color (Pathécolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Robin Ward (real name Jackie Ward) did the singing for Linda Evans. Ward's female background vocals heard in the film are by The Blossoms. more
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Continuity: As Buster Keaton chases the beach girl along the shore, the number of rows of footprints in the sand varies from shot to shot. more
Quotes:
Frankie: You know something? A kiss is worth more than a thousand words.
Dee Dee: Then why don't you stop talking?
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References The Perils of Pauline (1914) more
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Cycle Set more

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The movie that gave the whole series its name, 27 May 2007
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Author: Skragg from United States

I've hesitated to make any comments about this one of the beach movies. It's like commenting on Citizen Kane or 2001 - too daunting. First of all, along with the COMPLETELY regular cast, it's one of the ones with Don Rickles. People have said that he just doesn't come across well in anything that's SCRIPTED for him, but that's far from completely true. Just watch for the little moment with him, after Frankie does his skydiving - it's a "classic" Don Rickles moment. And Paul Lynde could always be funny, with or without a script (most recently, fans of Roger the alien on "American Dad" are interested in him). One of his best lines is when Earl Wilson - who looks like the most straight-laced person in the world - wants to visit the surfers' hangout a second time. Lynde says, "Which girl is it, Earl?" And then there are Jody MacCrea (sp.) and Marta Kristen in the "Lorelei" subplot. Anyone who's seen brooding movies like "Night Tide" might like this mainly COMICAL mermaid story (not that it's the first or last one, of course). And of course, Timothy Carey as South Dakota Slim, who steals Sugar Kane from Erich Von Zipper, after Von Zipper went to the trouble of kidnapping her himself! Anyway, these are just SOME of the things going for it. The only thing missing from this beach movie is the cameo - I've always wondered why that is.

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