In this 6th (but not last) movie of the beach series, "Frankie" (Frankie Avalon) has enlisted in the Navy Reserves and is stationed in the South Pacific on the island of "Guna Guna". Although his assignment is only temporary he has still managed to attract a lovely "Native Girl" (Irene Tsu) to keep him occupied. Although he sees nothing wrong in his fooling around he suddenly becomes worried that his girlfriend "Dee Dee" (Annette Funicello) might possibly find another boyfriend too. So to allay his concerns he pays a visit to a witch doctor named "Bwana" (Buster Keaton) to get him to concoct a spell to keep Dee Dee faithful. Bwana then creates a woman named "Cassandra" (Beverly Adams) who no man can resist and teleports her to the beach where Dee Dee hangs out. He also casts another spell which allows him to see through the eyes of a pelican and has it follow Dee Dee wherever she goes. Unfortunately, Bwana mixed up his ingredients when making the spell and because of that things begin to go a little haywire. Now as far as this particular film is concerned I personally believe that it is one of the better beach movies produced. It had a couple of interesting songs, fairly decent acting and some pretty good humor throughout. I especially liked the scenes involving "Eric Von Zipper" (Harvey Limbeck) and his motorcycle gang. Likewise, having two beautiful actresses like Beverly Adams and Irene Tsu certainly didn't hurt either. In any case, I rate this movie as slightly above average. On a side note, I should probably mention that even though this is the last movie to have either Frankie Avalon or Annette Funicello, American International Pictures (AIP) filmed one last beach movie titled "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" prior to halting production. How unfortunate.
Review of How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
