How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Directed by	William Asher
Produced by	Samuel Z. Arkoff James H. Nicholson
Written by	William Asher Leo Townsend
Starring	Annette Funicello Dwayne Hickman Brian Donlevy Harvey Lembeck Buster Keaton Beverly Adams Mickey Rooney
Music by	Les Baxter
Cinematography	Floyd D. Crosby
Edited by	Eve Newman
Production company	American International Pictures
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	July 14, 1965 (1965-07-14)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini is a 1965 Pathécolor beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, and Beverly Adams. The film features brief, uncredited appearances by Frankie Avalon and includes Buster Keaton in one of his last roles.

Frankie (Frankie Avalon) goes to Tahiti on Naval Reserve duty. While cavorting with local girls, Frankie realizes that Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) might be disloyal to him. When Frankie seeks help from a witch doctor (Buster Keaton), the witch doctor sends a sea beauty, Cassandra (Beverly Adams), to lure Ricky (Dwayne Hickman), an advertising exec, away from Dee Dee.

Upon Cassandra's arrival, the beach turns upside down, as all the surfers fall for her, an executive wants to make her a model, and Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) and his motorcycle gang add to the trouble.

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini was the last "beach party" film to feature Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

Avalon appears on-screen for about six minutes; his small role was attributed to the fact that he was filming another AIP production, 1965's Sergeant Deadhead.