Operation Bikini
On a BEACHHEAD or in a BEACH HOUSE... they always made a perfect score!
1963 | 77m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Anthony Carras |
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| Writer: | John Tomerlin |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 26, 1963 |
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| Director: | Anthony Carras |
| Writer: | John Tomerlin |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | submarine, world war ii, island, fistfight, demolition, scuba diving, love interest, underwater, japanese soldier |
| Production Companies | American International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tab Hunter | Lt. Morgan Hayes |
| Frankie Avalon | Seaman Joseph Malzone |
| Scott Brady | Capt. Emmett Carey |
| Jim Backus | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly |
| Gary Crosby | Seaman Floyd Givens |
| Michael Dante | Lt. William 'Bill' Fourtney |
| David Landfield | Lt. Jim Cale |
| Jody McCrea | Seaman William Sherman |
| Aki Aleong | Seaman Ronald Davayo |
| Marc Cavell | Paul |
| Eva Six | Reiko |
| Duane Ament | Seaman Kingsley (uncredited) |
| Richard Bakalyan | Seaman Hiller (uncredited) |
| Jody Daniels | Seaman Jones (uncredited) |
| Joe Finnegan | Seaman Morris (uncredited) |
| Raymond Guth | Seaman Rich (uncredited) |
| Judy Lewis | Dream Siren (uncredited) |
| Alicia Li | Third Native Girl (uncredited) |
| Steve Mitchell | Seaman Nolan (uncredited) |
| Tony Scott | CPO Perez (uncredited) |
| Vernon Scott | Seaman Fowler (uncredited) |
| William Shatner | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Raynum K. Tsukamoto | Kawai (uncredited) |
| Wayne Winton | Seaman Patterson (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Anthony Carras | Director, Editor |
| John Tomerlin | Writer |
| Lou Rusoff | Music |
| Homer Powell | Editor |
| Daniel Haller | Art Direction |
| Gilbert Warrenton | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Z. Arkoff | Executive Producer |
| Lou Rusoff | Producer |
| James H. Nicholson | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Trending Position
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 fro ... lics 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!