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Bikini Beach

Play trailer Poster for Bikini Beach 1964,  1h 40m,  Musical/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 4 Reviews Tomatometer 40% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) and Frankie (Frankie Avalon) are primed to hit the beach for some fun in the sun. The only thing standing in the way of their good times is curmudgeonly developer Harvey Huntington Honeywagon (Keenan Wynn), who is intent on turning their teenage hotspot into a grazing ground for seniors. If that weren't bad enough, British rock 'n' roll singer Potato Bug (also Avalon) shows up to spark a summer romance with Frankie's main squeeze -- Dee Dee.

Critics Reviews

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Eugene Archer New York Times Apr 2, 2012
1/5
A horrible juvenile comedy in which surfers fight cyclists and convert their elders to the pleasures of the bronzed physique. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jan 1, 2024
2.5/4
You get a Famous Monsters of Filmland contest winner as a werewolf and Timothy Carey as the anti-Minnesota Fats, “South Dakota Slim.” Go to Full Review
Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Jul 19, 2013
6/10
Bikini Beach isn't 'good'. It's just tremendously, wonderfully goofy. Go to Full Review
David Cornelius Popcornworld Apr 3, 2013
If the first two Beach Party movies were anything goes, Bikini Beach is everything goes. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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William Asher

Director

Frankie Avalon

Frankie

Annette Funicello

Dee Dee

Martha Hyer

Vivien Clements

John Ashley

Johnny

Don Rickles

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Bikini Beach

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Movie Info

Synopsis Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) and Frankie (Frankie Avalon) are primed to hit the beach for some fun in the sun. The only thing standing in the way of their good times is curmudgeonly developer Harvey Huntington Honeywagon (Keenan Wynn), who is intent on turning their teenage hotspot into a grazing ground for seniors. If that weren't bad enough, British rock 'n' roll singer Potato Bug (also Avalon) shows up to spark a summer romance with Frankie's main squeeze -- Dee Dee.
Director
William Asher
Producer
Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, Anthony Carras
Screenwriter
William Asher, Leo Townsend, Robert Dillon
Distributor
American International Pictures
Production Co
American International Pictures (AIP)
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 1964, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 30, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m
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