Bikini Beach

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello's third summer at the beach reunites the old gang (Jody McCrea, John Ashley, Candy Johnson--who once again shimmies through the credits--and Harvey Lembeck as the buffoonish motorcycle gang leader Eric von Zipper) for more summer sun antics. Frankie plays two roles: the sex mad surfer still chasing comely Annette (renamed Dee Dee in this film) and a British singing sensation named Potato Bug, who moves the gang from the beach to the blacktop for a little drag-strip action. The goofy, gap-toothed rocker is supposed to be a spoof of The Beatles but more resembles Terry-Thomas with his pith helmet and "jolly good!" exclamations. While Annette sidles next to Potato Bug to instill the necessary undercurrent of jealousy to set the mood, Keenan Wynn provides the slimmest excuse of a plot as a rest home tycoon with a pet ape that surfs, twists, and drives dragsters with the best of them. It's even sillier than the first two, with a plot that dissolves halfway through and a slapstick fueled, pie-fight finale. It shows every sign of having been quickly cobbled together and loses some of the energy and charm of Beach Party, but it's still a giddy little slice of 1960s surf and sex innocence. "Little" Stevie Wonder makes a late appearance and Boris Karloff drops by for a cameo. --Sean Axmaker more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-07-2007; Best of the Series; One tends to regard all the Frankie and Annette beach movies as interchangeable, but current viewers should find a lot more substance in "Bikini Beach" (1964) than in the others. And not just because the film holds up reasonably well and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-09-2005; Come On, It's Great, Let's Go To Bikini Beach; Franke and Annette are back, in this terrific '64 Beach Classic Bikini Beach. Are sharing the beach with "Potato Bug," a wacked out British singer who is just out of place, on the bikini filled beach. After the Potato Bug pitches his...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-04-2005; It`s good/ okay; They make this movie intresting by having a monkey in it. I mean I watched this movie a bunch of times it was kind of unintresting though. Lots of people will like this movie and lots won't. It depends who you are.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-02-2004; Frankie Avalon a Great Actor in this movie; Frankie Avalon plays more than one role in this movie.He plays Frankie and he plays an English singer so good that it is hard for some people to know that he plays both roles.Frankie is a Great actor and singer and this movie gives him a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-07-2007; Best of the Series; One tends to regard all the Frankie and Annette beach movies as interchangeable, but current viewers should find a lot more substance in "Bikini Beach" (1964) than in the others. And not just because the film holds up reasonably well and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-04-2005; It`s good/ okay; They make this movie intresting by having a monkey in it. I mean I watched this movie a bunch of times it was kind of unintresting though. Lots of people will like this movie and lots won't. It depends who you are.; read full review | report as inappropriate