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    Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)

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    “The Beach Party gang goes sky diving”

    This 1965 addition to the beach movie franchise from American International Pictures (AIP) has singing star Sugar Kane (Linda Evans) being kidnapped.

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    When Frankie (Frankie Avalon) sets out to rescue her, he provokes the jealousy of Dee Dee (Annette Funicello). Meanwhile, Bonehead (Jody McCrea) falls in love with a mermaid named Lorelei (future Lost in Space star Marta Kristen).

    Additional complications arise when Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) and his rats and mice turn up.

    Paul Lynde is excellent as Sugar Kane’s pushy press agent, Bullets. Timothy Carey as South Dakota Slim makes a marvellous villain, punctuating every sentence he utters with the word “boobie”. Buster Keaton pays the rent with a walk-on cameo.

    Released in the UK as Malibu Beach.

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    Frankie
    Frankie Avalon
    Dee Dee
    Annette Funicello
    Bonnie Graham
    Deborah Walley
    Eric Von Zipper
    Harvey Lembeck
    Steve Gordon

    John Ashley
    Bonehead
    Jody McCrea
    Donna
    Donna Loren
    Lorelei
    Marta Kristen
    Sugar Kane
    Linda Evans
    South Dakota Slim
    Timothy Carey
    Animal
    Donna Michelle
    Big Drop
    Don Rickles
    Bullets
    Paul Lynde
    Buster Keaton
    Buster Keaton

    Director
    William Asher

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