Bikini Beach

For "Bikini Beach Race", see Eric Louzil.
Bikini Beach
theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Asher
Written by
  • William Asher
  • Robert Dillon
  • Leo Townsend
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFloyd Crosby
Edited byFred R. Feitshans, Jr.
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • July 22, 1964 (1964-07-22) (U.S.)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1] or $175,000[2]
Box office$4.5 million (US rentals)[3]

Bikini Beach is a 1964 American teen film directed by William Asher and starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. The film belongs to the beach party genre of movies, popular in the 1960s. This is the third in the series of seven films produced by American International Pictures (AIP).[4][5]

  1. ^ Peter Bart (December 13, 1964). "Hollywood Beach Bonanza". The New York Times. p. X9.
  2. ^ Lamont, John (1990). "The John Ashley Filmography". Trash Compactor (Volume 2 No. 5 ed.). p. 26.
  3. ^ Tom Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959–1969, McFarland 2005, p86
  4. ^ Gary A. Smith, The American International Pictures Video Guide, McFarland 2009 p 25
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (December 6, 2019). "A Hell of a Life: The Nine Lives of John Ashley". Diabolique Magazine.