DramaWar

Operation Bikini

- On a BEACHHEAD or in a BEACH HOUSE... they always made a perfect score!

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 : 1963-03-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : American International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Lt. Morgan Hayes

Original Name : Tab Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Joseph Malzone

Original Name : Frankie Avalon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Emmett Carey

Original Name : Scott Brady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

Original Name : Jim Backus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Floyd Givens

Original Name : Gary Crosby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. William 'Bill' Fourtney

Original Name : Michael Dante

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Jim Cale

Original Name : David Landfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman William Sherman

Original Name : Jody McCrea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Ronald Davayo

Original Name : Aki Aleong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul

Original Name : Marc Cavell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reiko

Original Name : Eva Six

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Kingsley (uncredited)

Original Name : Duane Ament

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Hiller (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Bakalyan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Jones (uncredited)

Original Name : Jody Daniels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Morris (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Finnegan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Rich (uncredited)

Original Name : Raymond Guth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dream Siren (uncredited)

Original Name : Judy Lewis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Third Native Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Alicia Li

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Nolan (uncredited)

Original Name : Steve Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : CPO Perez (uncredited)

Original Name : Tony Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Fowler (uncredited)

Original Name : Vernon Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : William Shatner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kawai (uncredited)

Original Name : Raynum K. Tsukamoto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Patterson (uncredited)

Original Name : Wayne Winton

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-04-01

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 frolics 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!