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Two-piece bathing suits don't show up until the closing credits, so anyone expecting Operation Bikini to be a precursor to the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is going to be disappointed at the sight of Jim Backus in swabbie gear. Still, you could do a lot worse than kill 83 minutes with this standard-issue World War II actioner set in the South Pacific theater, aimed at the teen audience favored by American International Pictures, and released just as the British Invasion was hitting the American pop-music charts. Frankie Avalon does his latter-day Sinatra thing as a lovesick submarine crewman (complete with full-color dream sequences as he sings about "The Girl Back Home"--the movie's only blatant promotional gimmick), and Tab Hunter does hunk duty as a demolitions expert assigned to blast a sunken U.S. sub on the Bikini atoll (site of later atomic bomb testing) before Japanese salvagers can steal its prototype radar equipment. That's pretty much it for plot, but it's aided immeasurably by lively dialogue and a cast of familiar '60s faces, from the aforementioned Backus (a year away from Gilligan's Island infamy), Gary Crosby, Scott Brady, and Michael Dante. Director Anthony Carras was moving up after editing several of AIP's biggest hits (he only made two other films), and while this routine programmer is hardly distinguished, it's a perfectly acceptable example of Kennedy-era entertainment, when WWII heroics still lingered in the memory of an increasingly youth-oriented nation. --Jeff Shannon
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A Navy demolition team heads to the island of Bikini to destroy a sunken submarine before the Japanese get to the top-secret equipment aboard.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
This is a nicely done 60's war movie with a great cast that includes Frankie Avalon,Tab Hunter and Jim Backus.Check it out!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By K. Nolting
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
1963 release that captures Tab Hunter in his prime. Fans will love this. Sexy scenes with Tab and his girlfriend. Lots of action as World War 2 goes on. Frankie Avalon co-stars and sings.Not a beach party movie.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By torpedo
Format:VHS Tape|Amazon Verified Purchase
This video concerns a ww2 sub that has been assign to pick up
and deliver UDT frogmen to a site of a sunken usn sub that has
advanced radar which must be selvaged by the Japanese navy. The
task is to blow up the sunken sub before salvage is done.
and deliver UDT frogmen to a site of a sunken usn sub that has
advanced radar which must be selvaged by the Japanese navy. The
task is to blow up the sunken sub before salvage is done.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your time
No plot, no acting - there are many other much more worthy films from both the era and genre to watch.
Published 2 months ago by dvd_fan
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Good Old Days Movies" (Must see)
Extra Good Movie... from the "Old Days". This was my 1st time viewing of this movie, don't know how I missed it for so many years as I had never seen it played on any... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bert Witkos
5.0 out of 5 stars
DVD OPERATION BIKINI
Hello,
i have received the dvd in good condition
thank you very much
i love all submarine movies
with kind regards
marc triolet
i have received the dvd in good condition
thank you very much
i love all submarine movies
with kind regards
marc triolet
Published 5 months ago by Marc Triolet
