Beach Blanket Bingo

Apr 14, 1965

1h 38m

★ 5.8

It's the game that separates the girls and the boys...into groups of two!

Overview

In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

American International Pictures

Alta Vista Productions

Beach Blanket Bingo Trailers

Cast

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

Big Drop

Don Rickles

Bullets

Paul Lynde

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