How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

William Asher

Writers:

William Asher (writer)
Leo Townsend (writer)

Release Date:

14 July 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS... an interesting course in THE BIRDS... THE BEES and BIKINIS

Plot:

Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana...

Plot Keywords:

Advertising | Witch Doctor | Bikini | Witch | Beautiful Woman

Cast

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

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

Annette Funicello was pregnant during filming and was mostly shot from the waist up.

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.

Quotes:

Cassandra: I'm from a long way off, and I'm here to have fun and keep you fellas happy!

Movie Connections:

References Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Soundtrack:

Madison Avenue

Did he just touch her boob?

My 12 year old watched this with me this morning (it was raining) and she was laughing at the old fashionedness of the movie. I would have rather watched a better example of the "beach movie" but we still had fun.

At one point Mickey Rooney tells one of the bikini clad girls how cute she is and goes to chuck her on her chin, and on the way to her chin, his hand clips her right breast. My daughter said, "Hey, did he just touch her boob?" Well, we have TIVO and rewound the movie. Yes he did. How'd that get by the censors?

But the musical scenes were hysterical for her, and we both agreed that Annette looked way too old to be hanging out with all of the bikini girls! And why wasn't she screaming when she took that motorcycle ride?