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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

  • 1965
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 33m
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4.8/10
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Buster Keaton, Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Annette Funicello, Beverly Adams, John Ashley, Dwayne Hickman, Harvey Lembeck, and Jody McCrea in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
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Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra,... Read allFrankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra, and sends her to distract advertising executive Ricky from Dee Dee.Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra, and sends her to distract advertising executive Ricky from Dee Dee.

  • Director
    • William Asher
  • Writers
    • William Asher
    • Leo Townsend
  • Stars
    • Annette Funicello
    • Dwayne Hickman
    • Brian Donlevy
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    4.8/10
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    • Director
      • William Asher
    • Writers
      • William Asher
      • Leo Townsend
    • Stars
      • Annette Funicello
      • Dwayne Hickman
      • Brian Donlevy
    • 26User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Annette Funicello
    Annette Funicello
    • Dee Dee
    Dwayne Hickman
    Dwayne Hickman
    • Ricky
    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    • B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
    Harvey Lembeck
    Harvey Lembeck
    • Eric Von Zipper
    Beverly Adams
    Beverly Adams
    • Cassandra
    John Ashley
    John Ashley
    • Johnny
    Jody McCrea
    Jody McCrea
    • Bonehead
    Marianne Gaba
    Marianne Gaba
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    Len Lesser
    Len Lesser
    • North Dakota Pete
    Irene Tsu
    Irene Tsu
    • Native Girl
    Arthur Julian
    • Dr. Melamed
    Bobbie Shaw Chance
    • Khola Koku
    • (as Bobbi Shaw)
    Buster Keaton
    Buster Keaton
    • Bwana
    The Kingsmen
    • The Kingsmen
    Alberta Nelson
    Alberta Nelson
    • Puss
    Andy Romano
    Andy Romano
    • J.D.
    John Macchia
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    • Director
      • William Asher
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      • William Asher
      • Leo Townsend
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    5gavin6942

    Was Buster Keaton This Hard Up?

    Frankie Avalon, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, does not trust Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana (Buster Keaton), a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra, and sends her to distract advertising executive Ricky from Dee Dee.

    What to make of this beach movie from American International... it has Mickey Rooney, which is good... and Buster Keaton, which is very good (how AIP convinced him to play these roles is beyond me). And most interestingly, we have the Kingsmen performing.

    I liked the running gag with the pelican, but was just confused by the "Healthy Girl" song. And why they even cast a pregnant Funicello is a mystery. I am not knocking her for being pregnant, but it is weird to cast someone pregnant in a beach movie -- she is sitting on the sand in baggy clothes, quite in contrast with everyone else.
    5dealey52

    Fun movies for their time

    The review above regarding Mickey Roony touching the actresses' breast was true. The actress was Sue Willliams and she was a Playboy playmate. She was the first Playmate to get breast implants, so I don't know if Mickey did it on purpose or not. In any case it should have been caught. If you watch her act her small part thru out the movie she really tried to be noticed and shine. Sadly she was also the first Playmate to take her own life, September 2,1969. She was only 23. She was called Peanut in the movie and in real life she was only 4' 11". Sue acted in several of these types of movies and then it seems the parts dried up which may have led to her depression.
    Jackie19

    Thank You MGM!!

    I purchased the DVD version of this movie and would like to inform other 'Beach Party' movie lovers that MGM has done a great job on the video and sound. I have in the past had to suffer through very low quality VHS copies of the Beach Party movies, where I wound up throwing away the tape and putting a VHS tape that I recorded off TV into the box. That won't be the case here! (even if I could record a DVD) As for the movie ... Well, it is my least favorite of the Frankie and Annette Beach Party movies ... And I think I'm in the majority there. But if you love the Beach Party genre of movies you have to have this one too and you don't need me to tell you about it.

    <standing salute to MGM>
    Sargebri

    The End of an Era

    This is the final film to feature Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello as Frankie and Dee Dee, and it is also the worst. Avalon had grown weary of playing an over-aged teen-ager and wanted to do something more with his career and at the same time Annette Funicello had recently married and was starting a family. In fact, Ms. Funicello was very pregnant at the time the film was released. Also, Avalon was in the middle of filming Sgt. Deadhead and couldn't appear in the entire film. The solution, bring in Dwayne Hickman as Rick, an advertising executive, to keep Dee Dee busy while Frankie was off on military duty. This was a big mistake. These best thing about the "Beach Party" films was the chemistry between Avalon and Funicello and this film falls flat on its face because the two are on screen together for only a minute (not counting the duet they sang via split screen). After this film was completed, the two retired from the genre, Avalon to attempt more serious roles and Funicello to raise her family. However, Samuel Z. Arkoff tried to keep the series rolling a couple of more years before he finally gave up the ghost, and not the one in the invisible bikini.
    SGriffin-6

    Weak entry, but some minor interest

    This was the last of American-International's beach musicals that starred Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello (although they'd try to continue for a few films without these two). Frankie and Annette are barely together even in the film--Frankie is more of a cameo than a major character in the plot.

    Intriguingly, this musical is filled with "book numbers"--where the characters sing when they should be talking. Usually, the beach party movies just had people asking Frankie or Annette to sing at a party or at a nightclub. So, that's a change. The problem is that the songs aren't anything to write home about.

    Further, the film betrays why the beach movies were losing their popularity: the surfing fad was being supplanted by a renewed interest in motorcycle culture. Only a year or two later, American-International would be making films like "The Wild Angels." This is a problem for a series where the stock antagonist, Eric Von Zipper, is a parody of Marlon Brando's biker hood in "The Wild One" (1954). The film shows a renewed interest in cycles--Annette's romantic interest, Harvey Lembeck, is an avid motorcyclist. The film tries to deal with this by transforming Von Zipper from a biker into the stereotypical 60s junior executive (a la "How to Succeed in Business"). But, you can see the structure starting to fall apart here.

    There are fun moments though--particularly the opening credits (clay animation done by Art Cloakey, the creator of Gumby), and the wacky motorcycle race at the end of the film. Lastly, there's a fun cameo at the very end of the film by producer William Asher's wife...

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    • Trivia
      Features the only big screen appearance by The Kingsmen, famous for their hit version of "Louie Louie". Decked out in matching yellow blazers, the band did not perform that song and instead performed "Give Her Lovin'".
    • Goofs
      At the start of the road race, the starter has a green flag. When we cut away to the stock footage, the starter has a red flag.
    • Quotes

      Bwana: Tell sailor boy, Dee Dee teetering.

      Native Girl: I wish I could tell him she tottered.

    • Crazy credits
      Claymation opening credit sequence devised by Gumby-creator Art Clokey.
    • Connections
      Featured in My Bikini Baby (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
      (uncredited)

      Words and Music by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner

      Performed by John Ashley and the Cast

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    • Release date
      • July 14, 1965 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Начинка для дикого бікіні
    • Filming locations
      • Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Alta Vista Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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