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1965, Movie, NR, 100 mins

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Probably the best known of the spate of "beach party" films of the 1960s, BEACH BLANKET BINGO provides 100 minutes of silly, mildly amusing entertainment if you're in the right mood. There's trouble in teen paradise when Frankie (Avalon) and Dee Dee (Funicello) clash over his infatuation with singer Sugar Kane (Evans). Meanwhile, a mermaid falls in love with nitwit surfer Bonehead (McCrea), and the nefarious Eric Von Zipper (Lembeck) and his Rat Pack kidnap Sugar. Don Rickle... read more leave a comment
Year: 1965
Rated NR

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Cast
Frankie Avalon: Frankie
Annette Funicello: Dee Dee
Deborah Walley: Bonnie Graham
Harvey Lembeck: Eric Von Zipper
John Ashley: Steve Gordon
Jody McCrea: Bonehead

 

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