In this 5th film of the beach series which stars Frankie Avalon (as "Frankie") and Annette Funicello ("Dee Dee) a slick promoter named "Bullets" (Paul Lynde) has his new singer "Sugar Kane" (Linda Evans) pretend to skydive into the ocean so that a photo-op of a surfer saving her can boost her popularity. Naturally, it's Frankie who saves her and her gratitude towards him causes Dee Dee to become a little jealous. Not long afterward it's "Bonehead" (Jody McCrea) who almost drowns and is rescued-by a mermaid named "Lorelei" (Marta Kristen). Throw in the motorcycle gang led by "Eric Von Zipper" (Harvey Lembeck) and a skydiving couple who try to make each other jealous by using Frankie and Dee Dee and the end result is one of the better beach movies of this particular series. Admittedly, some of the scenes are a bit corny but it features a couple of good songs and plenty of lovely young ladies in bikinis. I especially liked Linda Evans who looked incredible. Be that as it may, this was a fun movie for the most part and I rate it as slightly better than average.
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