Operation Bikini (1963)
AIP Production #6315 

Jeff and Cheryl suit up for an underwater adventure in Operation Bikini.

Directed by Anthony Carras
Written by John Tomerlin
Produced by Lou Rusoff and James H. Nicholson with Samuel Z. Arkoff
 
Starring:
Tab Hunter as Lieutenant Morgan Hayes 
Frankie Avalon as Seaman Joseph Malzone 
Scott Brady as Captain Emmett Carey 
Jim Backus as First Mate Ed Fennelly 
Gary Crosby as Seaman Floyd Givens 
Michael Dante as Lieutenant William Fourtney 
Jody McCrea as Seaman William Sherman 
Eva Six as Reiko 
Aki Aleong as Seaman Ronald Davayo 
David Landfield as Lieutenant Cale 
Richard Bakalyan as Seaman Hiller 
Joe Finnegan as Seaman Morris 
Vernon Scott as Seaman Fowler 
Raymond Guth as Seaman Rich 
Tony Scott as Chief Petty Officer Perez 
Steve Mitchell as Seaman Nolan 
Mickey McDermott as Seaman Fairly 
Wayne Winton as Seaman Patterson 
Duane Ament as Seaman Kingsley 
Jody Daniels as Seaman Jones 
Marc Cavell as Paul 
Raynum K. Tsukamoto as Kawai 
Lan Nam Tuttle as Mika 
Alicia Li as Native Girl #3 
Nancy Dusina as Roxanne, Dream Girl Back Home 
and Judy Lewis as Dream Siren 

Produced by Alta Vista Productions and American International Pictures. Stream Operation Bikini on YouTube.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)