OPERATION BIKINI (1963) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Anthony Carras
Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Scott Brady,
Jim Backus, Michael Dante, Jody McCrae,
Gary Crosby, David Landfield, Eva Six
A film with "bikini" in the title from American International in 1963 starring Frankie Avalon: That's gotta be a "Beach Party" movie, right? Well, no, not quite. It's a World War Two action picture set in the South Pacific about an underwater demolition team out to blow up a sunken American ship before the Japanese can get at whatever the ship contains. It's in black and white, except for a couple of absurd musical numbers and the end credits, which feature two girls in bikinis who have nothing to do with the rest of the film. So, okay, maybe it's a "Beach Party" movie, after all.
