The Rat Pack leader character Eric Von Zipper is given more screen time in this third film. The character of Deadhead in Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party and Bikini Beach is called Bonehead in this film because AIP had decided the term Deadhead was a so-called "bankable noun" and had decided to cast Avalon as the title character of its upcoming Sergeant Deadhead. Įlsa Lanchester was announced for a small role off the back of her performance in Pajama Party but does not appear in the final film.
That made her uncomfortable, causing her to drop out. This change was due in part to the fact that the plot involved a kidnapping, somewhat reminiscent of her brother Frank Sinatra Jr.'s kidnapping a few months before shooting began. The part of Sugar Kane, played by Linda Evans, was intended for Nancy Sinatra. Though this was Rickles' fourth film in the series, it's the only one in which he stepped out of his character in one scene and does a little of his night-club act, tossing some barbs at the characters, notably asking why Avalon and Funicello were in the picture, teasing "You're 40 years old!".Bobbi Shaw once again plays her "ya, ya" Swedish bombshell role.Donna Michelle, who portrays Animal, was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Year for 1964.He appears for only a few minutes in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini and not at all in The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini. Beach Blanket Bingo was Frankie Avalon's last starring role in the beach party films.Meanwhile, Bonehead ( Jody McCrea) falls in love with a mermaid named Lorelei ( Marta Kristen).Įventually, Von Zipper "puts the snatch" on Sugar Kane, and in a Perils of Pauline-like twist, the evil South Dakota Slim ( Timothy Carey) kidnaps Sugar and ties her to a buzz-saw. Eric Von Zipper ( Harvey Lembeck) and his Rat Pack bikers also show up, with Von Zipper falling madly in love with Sugar Kane. This prompts Dee Dee ( Annette Funicello) to also try free-falling. Meanwhile, Frankie ( Frankie Avalon), duped into thinking he rescued Sugar Kane, takes up skydiving at Bonnie's prompting she secretly wants to make her boyfriend Steve ( John Ashley) jealous. A singer, Sugar Kane ( Linda Evans), is unwittingly being used for publicity stunts for her latest album by her agent ( Paul Lynde), for example, faking a skydiving stunt, actually performed by Bonnie ( Deborah Walley).
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