Bikini Beach (1964) on Netflix
NR19641h 39mComedyMusicalRomance
Harvey Huntington Honeywagon III says his chimp Clyde surfs and drives better than the teenagers of Bikini Beach. Dee Dee, tired of Frankie's hesitation, is receptive to the Potato Bug.
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Plot summary
With school out, the teenagers gather at Bikini Beach, where millionaire Harvey Huntington Honeywagon III arrives with his pet chimpanzee Clyde. Honeywagon argues to his colleague Vivian Clements that the beachgoers' fixation on sex leaves their minds below a primate's, and Clyde, who surfs, drives and watusi dances, is his proof. As the teenagers lose standing, Honeywagon presses ahead with his plan to turn the beach into a retirement home, and Eric Von Zipper joins his anti-teen campaign. A British rocker and drag racer, Peter Royce Bentley, settles on Bikini Beach as the Potato Bug. Frankie's reluctance to move toward marriage leaves Dee Dee open to the newcomer, and a jealous Frankie answers with a challenge: the two will race their cars.
Cast
- Candy Johnsonas Candy
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bikini Beach (1964)
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- Director William Asher said the script was written for The Beatles, who agreed to appear but dropped out when their fee, after their Ed Sullivan Show fame, exceeded the film's budget; Frankie Avalon's dual role as English singer "The Potato Bug" was created to replace them.
- Peter Lorre was to reprise his Muscle Beach Party role in Bikini Beach but died of a stroke on 23 March 1964, a few weeks before he was to film; Boris Karloff replaced him.
- Nineteen-year-old Val Warren, billed as the Teenage Werewolf, won Forrest J Ackerman's Famous Monsters of Filmland National Horror Makeup Contest, beating Rick Baker, who later won three Oscars for makeup; first prize was a trip to Hollywood and a part in Bikini Beach.
- Bikini Beach was the first film American International Pictures made after the studio decided in April 1964 to ban smoking in its films; a studio spokesman said the films could set an example by showing smoking need not be part of everyday life.
