Operation Bikini

Unrated

3/26/19631h 17m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ On a BEACHHEAD or in a BEACH HOUSE... they always made a perfect score! ~

Overview:

The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine sunken in a lagoon off Bikini Atoll before the Japanese are able to raise it and capture the advanced radar system on board.

Director:

Anthony Carras

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

island
submarine
world war ii
demolition
fistfight
scuba diving
love interest
underwater
japanese soldier

Cast

Tab Hunter

~ as ~

Lt. Morgan Hayes

Frankie Avalon

~ as ~

Seaman Joseph Malzone

Scott Brady

~ as ~

Capt. Emmett Carey

Jim Backus

~ as ~

Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

Gary Crosby

~ as ~

Seaman Floyd Givens

Michael Dante

~ as ~

Lt. William 'Bill' Fourtney

David Landfield

~ as ~

Lt. Jim Cale

Jody McCrea

~ as ~

Seaman William Sherman

Aki Aleong

~ as ~

Seaman Ronald Davayo

Marc Cavell

~ as ~

Paul

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
5
Tab Hunter is "Hayes" - a beefcake marine sent to lead a mission to destroy an American submarine that has been captured by the Japanese, and that contains a top secret radar prototype. It requires a lengthy submarine trip to get to the eponymous atoll, and needless to say there are some fun and frolics en route. Not least, the rather vivid dreams of "Malzone" (Frankie Avalon) who has a go at singing a rather repetitive ditty "The Girl Back Home" which is accompanied by a rather psychedelic-style sequence of dancing girls in bright colours. Aside from those rather nightmarish scenes, the rest of it is all a rather cheap and cheerful wartime drama that reuses some actuality footage, some rather overgrown plastic foliage and the odd submarine interiors that help this trundle along to quite an enthusiastic and flag-waving denouement. Nope, it's nobody's finest hour - not in front of, nor behind, the camera but I didn't really hate it - I found it quite cheesily predictable. Had it been made during the war, then maybe it would have been able to get away with being propagandist. It wasn't, so it can't!