Beach Blanket Bingo

cast

Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, John Ashley, Jody McCrea, Linda Evans, Marta Kristen, Paul Lynde, Don Rickles, Buster Keaton, Earl Wilson, Bobbi Shaw, Donna Loren, Harvey Lembeck, Alberta Nelson, and Mike Nader. Directed by William Asher.

plot synopsis

Big Valley star Linda Evans is at the heart of the plot of this fifth beach party film. Evans portrays Sugar Kane, a pop singer managed by Paul Lynde, who develops several publicity stunts for Sugar. She fakes a sky-diving stunt that is performed by Deborah Walley.

Eric von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) falls in love with Sugar and kidnaps her. Meanwhile, Bonehead (Jody McCrea) meets a mermaid (Marta Kristen) and falls in love. In the third subplot, Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) proves to Frankie Frankie Avalon) that women can do anything that men can do, which in this case is skydiving.

music

Donna Loren tackles her singing duties in this film with her usual professionalism. The Hondells also perform, as well as Linda Evans, who lip-syncs two songs. Of course, both Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello also contribute numbers.

trivia

• Deborah Walley and John Ashley were married from 1962 to 1966.
• Marta Kristen portrayed Judy Robinson on TV's Lost in Space (1965-68).
• This was Frankie Avalon's last starring role in the beach party series. He appears in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, the sixth beach party film, for just a few minutes.

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Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)/How To Stuff A Wild Bikini [DVD](1965) DVD
The "Beach Party" gang is back in a double bill that's packed with more fun than a two-piece bathing suit. "Beach Blanket Bingo," a wild mix about a missing singing star, a mermaid, and biker Eric Von Zipper's gang, features guest stars Don Rickles, Paul Lynde, Buster Keaton, and Linda Evans joining series regulars Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon and Harvey Lembeck. Then, while Frankie is away on Army Reserve duty, he gets witch doctor Keaton to send a bikini-clad beauty to keep rival Dwayne Hickman away from Annette, in "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini." Beverly Adams, Mickey Rooney, and The Kingsmen also star. 192 min. total. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailers.
Frankie & Annette: M-G-M Movie Legends Collection [DVD] DVD
"Surf's up" in this four-disc boxed set saluting AIP's teen comedy series and seaside sweethearts Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. Anthropologist Bob Cummings uses the pair as part of a study of modern mating habits in the original "Beach Party" (1963), with Morey Amsterdam, Dorothy Malone, and Harvey Lembeck as Eric Von Zipper. Annette has her hands full when the Potato Bug, a British pop star who's Frankie's double, arrives at "Bikini Beach" (1964). Don Rickles and Little Stevie Wonder guest star. Gym owner Rickles wants to take over the kids' surf spot, and heiress Luciana Paluzzi wants to woo Frankie from Annette, in "Muscle Beach Party" (1964). Avalon trades his board for slats and joins Dwayne Hickman, Deborah Walley and James Brown for a "Ski Party" (1965). "Beach Blanket Bingo" (1965) boasts a missing singer, a mermaid, and skydiving surfdogs. Avalon wants to keep pal Hickman away from Funicello while he's on military duty in "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" (1965), with Buster Keaton. Frankie's a moonshine-running hot rodder competing with racer Fabian for Annette's hand in "Fireball 500" (1966). And Fabian and Funicello burn rubber together in "Thunder Alley" (1967). 12 1/2 hrs. total. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English mono.

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