Dopey beach party film was one of the last in the genre, but at least is cheery and unpretentious. The plot smacks a little of Disney TV – it involves two friends on holiday in Catalina who get caught up in the theft of some museum artifacts – so it’s entirely appropriate that Tommy Kirk plays one of the leads. Kirk is quite animated here, playing a Midwesterner who’s never seen the sea before. Catalina isn’t that pretty – it seems to be a good place to take your boat, really – but there are lots of dances and some decent musical numbers (including one from Little Richard!).
The supporting cast play in a very broad, over the top style – you can see the influence of the AIP films in the casting, eg “here’s the Buster Keaton role, here’s the Keenan Wynn role”. Michael Blodgett is in it (he did the choreography) and Ted V Mikels was the DOP.
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