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** When telling him about the things to do on Catalina, Charlie mentions girls every other time.
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** When telling him Don about the things to do on Catalina, Charlie mentions girls every other time.line.
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** ImpossibleHourglassFigure: The mermaid in the opening credits sequence.
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** Tina and "Creepy Girl" Katrina for Don. Played with, as the film's use of the trope blends the traditional characteristics: Tina is more the "blonde girl next door" but is more emotionally volatile and prone to jealousy (but not to the point of being completely unlikable), while Katrina is dark-haired and alluring but ultimately very sweet. In the end, Don gets Katrina, but since Tina isn't a bad girl herself she gets a PairTheSpares deal with Tad.
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** Tina and "Creepy Girl" Katrina for Don. Played with, as the film's use of the trope blends the traditional characteristics: Tina is more the "blonde girl next door" but is more emotionally volatile and prone to jealousy (but not to the point of being completely unlikable), while Katrina is dark-haired and alluring but ultimately very sweet. In the end, Don gets Katrina, but since Tina isn't a bad girl herself herself, she gets a PairTheSpares deal with Tad.
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* ButtMonkey: Fingers O'Toole is pretty much defined by his constant pratfalls. If there is even the ''slightest'' chance that he will trip, fall into the sea, or create a scenario where someone slaps him, it ''will'' happen. After all of the abuse he suffers in the film, he can't even succeed at his goal -- arresting Arthur Duvall for his numerous crimes -- because his son Tad had secretly returned the scroll and thus left no evidence of his crimes.
* TheCaper: Though much of the film ignores the theft of the scroll entirely, as the caper is successfully pulled at the start of the film and the rest of it is how the parents intend to unload the scroll.
* ChronicVillainy: Discussed by Tad, who says the scroll must be returned to the museum mainly because his amoral parents would be unable to resist the urge to find another wealthy tycoon to sell it to.
* TheCaper: Though much of the film ignores the theft of the scroll entirely, as the caper is successfully pulled at the start of the film and the rest of it is how the parents intend to unload the scroll.
* ChronicVillainy: Discussed by Tad, who says the scroll must be returned to the museum mainly because his amoral parents would be unable to resist the urge to find another wealthy tycoon to sell it to.
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* ButtMonkey: Fingers O'Toole is pretty much defined by his constant pratfalls. If there is even the ''slightest'' chance that he will trip, fall into the sea, or create a scenario where someone slaps him, it ''will'' happen. After all of the abuse he suffers in the film, he can't even succeed at his goal -- arresting Arthur Duvall for his numerous crimes acts of theft -- because his son Tad had secretly returned the scroll to the museum and thus left no evidence of his crimes.that it was stolen.
* TheCaper: Though much of the film ignores the theft of the scroll entirely, asthe caper is it's successfully pulled at the start of the film beginning and the rest of it is how the parents intend to unload the scroll.
it.
* ChronicVillainy: Discussed by Tad, who says that the scroll must be returned to the museum mainly because his amoralparents father would be unable to resist the urge to find finding another wealthy tycoon benefactor to sell it to.
* TheCaper: Though much of the film ignores the theft of the scroll entirely, as
* ChronicVillainy: Discussed by Tad, who says that the scroll must be returned to the museum mainly because his amoral
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** When telling about things to do on Catalina, Charlie mentions girls every other time.
** Also ventures close to HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday territory, especially given that Tommy Kirk's homosexuality was known in Hollywood though not to the general public at the time.
** Also ventures close to HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday territory, especially given that Tommy Kirk's homosexuality was known in Hollywood though not to the general public at the time.
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** When telling him about the things to do on Catalina, Charlie mentions girls every other time.
** Also ventures close to HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday territory, especially given that Tommy Kirk's homosexuality was known inHollywood Hollywood, though not to the general public at the time.
** Also ventures close to HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday territory, especially given that Tommy Kirk's homosexuality was known in
* GreaterScopeVillain: Dino Lakopolous, the Greek tycoon and stolen art collector who the Duvalls intend to sell the scroll to. Though noted as a proud thief, the main villain is essentially his henchman.
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* KarmaHoudini: Larry and the Duvalls face no punishment for swiping the scroll, the former because he seems to disappear around the end of the movie, and the latter because Tad returned the scroll to the museum without them knowing, leaving no evidence for Fingers to use against them. In fairness (and as stated below), the ending dance party does suggests that the whole experience scared Arthur into leaving his life of crime behind, or at least settle down and retire.
* LongSongShortScene: Music/LittleRichard's "Scuba Party" is an extremely rare song to find outside of being performed in this movie. One of the only known ways to find it is on a compilation of his... [[NoExportForYou that was only released in some parts of Europe.]]
* LongSongShortScene: Music/LittleRichard's "Scuba Party" is an extremely rare song to find outside of being performed in this movie. One of the only known ways to find it is on a compilation of his... [[NoExportForYou that was only released in some parts of Europe.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Larry and the Duvalls face no punishment for swiping the scroll, the former because he seems to disappear around the end of the movie, and the latter because Tad returned the scroll it to the museum without them knowing, leaving no evidence for Fingers to use against them. In fairness (and as stated below), the ending dance party does ''does'' suggests that the whole experience has scared Arthur into leaving his life of crime behind, or at least settle settling down and retire.
working an honest job.
* LongSongShortScene: Music/LittleRichard's "Scuba Party" is an extremely rare song to find outside ofbeing performed in this movie. One of the only known ways to find it is on a compilation of his... [[NoExportForYou that was only released in some parts of Europe.]]
* LongSongShortScene: Music/LittleRichard's "Scuba Party" is an extremely rare song to find outside of
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* OnlySaneMan: Tad is the only member of his family who is not a criminal.
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* OnlySaneMan: Tad is the only member of his family who is not isn't a criminal.
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* ScareEmStraight: InUniverse. The kids conspire a ZanyScheme to not only recover the scroll, but scare the Duvalls away from their life of crime. The ending dance party reveals that it worked, at least to a certain degree.
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* ScareEmStraight: InUniverse. The kids conspire a ZanyScheme to not only recover the scroll, but scare the Duvalls away from their life of crime. The ending dance party reveals that it worked, at least to a certain degree.
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* SlipperySwimsuit: Katrina loses her bikini top in the surf and begs Don to throw her his jacket to preserve her modesty.
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* SlipperySwimsuit: Katrina loses her bikini top in the surf ocean and begs Don to throw her his jacket to preserve her modesty.
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* StupidCrooks: Larry is a terrible thief at the start of the film, making off with the scroll by sheer dumb luck while making a ton of noise and even knocking over priceless artifacts in the process. The Duvalls aren't much better either, completely failing to hang on to their valuable artifact. Finally, Lakopolous's minion ends up losing the scroll almost instantly by trying to make off with it ''when the parents were selling it to him in the first place.''
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The art museum housing priceless artifacts apparently has just one idiot security guard. Two rookies break in and easily steal a valuable piece of art (and later return it) without drawing any attention.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The art museum housing priceless artifacts apparently has just one idiot security guard. Two rookies break in and easily steal a valuable piece of art (and later return it) without drawing any attention.
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* StupidCrooks: Larry is a terrible thief at the start of the film, thief, as he's introduced making off with the scroll by sheer dumb luck while making a ton of noise and even knocking over priceless artifacts in the process. process.
** The Duvalls aren't much better either, completely failing to hang on to their valuableartifact. artifact.
** Finally, Lakopolous's minion ends up losing the scroll almost instantly by trying to make off with it ''when theparents Duvalls were selling it to him in the first place.''
'' Though in fairness, he ''was'' panicking because Larry mistook a passing speedboat for the Harbor Patrol, who would've no doubt spied something shady going down.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The art museum housing all sorts of priceless artifacts apparently has just one idiot security guard. Two rookies break in and easily steal a valuable piece of art (and later return it) without drawing any attention.
** The Duvalls aren't much better either, completely failing to hang on to their valuable
** Finally, Lakopolous's minion ends up losing the scroll almost instantly by trying to make off with it ''when the
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The art museum housing all sorts of priceless artifacts apparently has just one idiot security guard. Two rookies break in and easily steal a valuable piece of art (and later return it) without drawing any attention.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned out of his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Creator/BrianCutler), who is determined to teach the UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Creator/LyleWaggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Creator/PeterDuryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Creator/DelMoore and Creator/SueCasey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis's men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water -- leading to not one, but ''two'' underwater scuba-diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned out of his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Creator/BrianCutler), who is determined to teach the UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Creator/LyleWaggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval Duvall (Creator/PeterDuryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Creator/DelMoore and Creator/SueCasey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis's men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water -- leading to not one, but ''two'' underwater scuba-diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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* AndStarring: Introducing Venita Wolf as "Tina" ("[[Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf Who's afraid of Venita Wolf]], anyway?") and Brian Cutler as "Charlie" ("[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pope_of_Greenwich_Village Charlie, they cut off my thumbs!]]").
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* AndStarring: Introducing Venita Wolf as "Tina" ("[[Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf Who's afraid of Venita Wolf]], anyway?") and Brian Cutler as "Charlie" ("[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pope_of_Greenwich_Village Charlie, they cut off my thumbs!]]")."Charlie".
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** ImpossibleHourglassFigure: The mermaid in the credits sequence. ("Nice measurements... 36-2-85!")
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** ImpossibleHourglassFigure: The mermaid in the opening credits sequence. ("Nice measurements... 36-2-85!")
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** Tina and "Creepy Girl" Katrina for Don. Played with, as the film's use of the trope blends the traditional characteristics: Tina is more the "blonde girl next door" but is more emotionally volatile and prone to jealousy (but not to the point of being completely unlikable), while Katrina is dark-haired and alluring but ultimately very sweet. In the end Don gets Katrina, but since Tina isn't a bad girl herself she gets a PairTheSpares deal with Tad.
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** Tina and "Creepy Girl" Katrina for Don. Played with, as the film's use of the trope blends the traditional characteristics: Tina is more the "blonde girl next door" but is more emotionally volatile and prone to jealousy (but not to the point of being completely unlikable), while Katrina is dark-haired and alluring but ultimately very sweet. In the end end, Don gets Katrina, but since Tina isn't a bad girl herself she gets a PairTheSpares deal with Tad.
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* ButtMonkey: Fingers is pretty much defined by his constant pratfalls. If there is even the slightest chance that he will trip, fall into the water, or create a scenario where someone slaps him, ''it will happen.'' After all of the abuse he suffers in the film, he finally can't even succeed at his original goal -- arresting Arthur Duval for his numerous crimes -- because his son Tad had secretly returned the scroll and thus left no evidence of Duval's crimes.
* TheCaper: Though much of the film ignores the scroll arc entirely as the caper is successfully pulled at the start of the film and the rest of it is how the parents intend to unload the scroll.
* ChronicVillainy: Discussed; Tad says the scroll must be returned to its owners mainly because his amoral parents would be unable to resist the urge to commit some crime with it.
* DancePartyEnding: The film ends, naturally, with every single character in the film that wasn't a villain rocking out to a song that was used earlier in the movie. Even Fingers, who amazingly ''doesn't'' get a pratfall.
* DefectiveDetective: Fingers suffers from ''terrible'' luck.
* TheCaper: Though much of the film ignores the scroll arc entirely as the caper is successfully pulled at the start of the film and the rest of it is how the parents intend to unload the scroll.
* ChronicVillainy: Discussed; Tad says the scroll must be returned to its owners mainly because his amoral parents would be unable to resist the urge to commit some crime with it.
* DancePartyEnding: The film ends, naturally, with every single character in the film that wasn't a villain rocking out to a song that was used earlier in the movie. Even Fingers, who amazingly ''doesn't'' get a pratfall.
* DefectiveDetective: Fingers suffers from ''terrible'' luck.
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* ButtMonkey: Fingers O'Toole is pretty much defined by his constant pratfalls. If there is even the slightest ''slightest'' chance that he will trip, fall into the water, sea, or create a scenario where someone slaps him, ''it will happen.'' it ''will'' happen. After all of the abuse he suffers in the film, he finally can't even succeed at his original goal -- arresting Arthur Duval Duvall for his numerous crimes -- because his son Tad had secretly returned the scroll and thus left no evidence of Duval's his crimes.
* TheCaper: Though much of the film ignores the theft of the scrollarc entirely entirely, as the caper is successfully pulled at the start of the film and the rest of it is how the parents intend to unload the scroll.
* ChronicVillainy:Discussed; Tad Discussed by Tad, who says the scroll must be returned to its owners the museum mainly because his amoral parents would be unable to resist the urge to commit some crime with it.
find another wealthy tycoon to sell it to.
* DancePartyEnding: The film ends, naturally, with every single character in the filmthat wasn't a villain rocking out to a song that was used earlier in the movie. Even Fingers, who amazingly ''doesn't'' get a pratfall.
* DefectiveDetective: Fingers suffers from ''terrible''luck.luck while trying to nab the Duvalls and Larry.
* TheCaper: Though much of the film ignores the theft of the scroll
* ChronicVillainy:
* DancePartyEnding: The film ends, naturally, with every single character in the film
* DefectiveDetective: Fingers suffers from ''terrible''
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* GameOfNerds: Dorky, bespectacled Larry is really into baseball.
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: Larry is never seen without a loud Hawaiian shirt. He even wears it during a heist.
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: Larry is never seen without a loud Hawaiian shirt. He even wears it during a heist.
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* GameOfNerds: Dorky, Larry, the Duvalls' dorky, bespectacled Larry associate, is really ''really'' into baseball.
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: Larry is never seen without a loud Hawaiian shirt. He even wears it duringa heist.his heist of the scroll.
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: Larry is never seen without a loud Hawaiian shirt. He even wears it during
* KarmaHoudini: Larry and the Duvalls face no punishment for swiping the scroll, the former because he seems to disappear around the end of the movie, and the latter because Tad returned the scroll to the museum without them knowing, leaving no evidence for Fingers to use against them. In fairness (and as stated below), the ending dance party does suggests that the whole experience scared Arthur into leaving his life of crime behind, or at least settle down and retire.
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* LoveableRogue: Theoretically, Arthur Duval and Larry.
* MacGuffin: The scroll really just exists to add some semblance of a plot.
* MaleGaze: That shot of Katrina walking into the surf, with the waist-high camera pointed directly at her departing bikini briefs the whole time.
* MonochromeCasting: Little Richard is the ''only'' black person in the entire movie. And he only appears in one short scene.
* MacGuffin: The scroll really just exists to add some semblance of a plot.
* MaleGaze: That shot of Katrina walking into the surf, with the waist-high camera pointed directly at her departing bikini briefs the whole time.
* MonochromeCasting: Little Richard is the ''only'' black person in the entire movie. And he only appears in one short scene.
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* LoveableRogue: Theoretically, Arthur Duval and Larry.
* MacGuffin: The scrollreally just basically exists just to add some semblance of a plot.
* MaleGaze:That The shot of Katrina walking into the surf, with the waist-high camera pointed directly at her departing bikini briefs the whole time.
* MonochromeCasting: Little Richard is the ''only'' black person in the entire movie. And he only appears in one shortscene.scene to sing "Scuba Party" while stoned out of his mind.
* MacGuffin: The scroll
* MaleGaze:
* MonochromeCasting: Little Richard is the ''only'' black person in the entire movie. And he only appears in one short
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Arthur Duval's voice and manner are clearly patterned after Creator/JackBenny.
* OnlySaneMan: Tad is the only member of his family who is not involved in shadiness.
* PairTheSpares: Don is immediately taken with Katrina, but Charlie sets him up with his sister Tina. Don almost immediately breaks off for Katrina when he finds her again on the beach. To get him jealous, Tina eventually grabs on to the unattached Tad, but ends up liking him better anyway.
* PoliceAreUseless / TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The security guard at the museum utterly fails at keeping out intruders after hours. On top of that, he actually sees Tad right as he's put a high-profile stolen art piece back and doesn't even notice until ''after'' Tad has left.
* RomanticFalseLead: Angelo is engaged to Katrina at the start of the movie.
* ScareEmStraight: InUniverse example; the kids conspire a ZanyScheme to not only recover the scroll, but scare the Duvals away from their life of crime.
* OnlySaneMan: Tad is the only member of his family who is not involved in shadiness.
* PairTheSpares: Don is immediately taken with Katrina, but Charlie sets him up with his sister Tina. Don almost immediately breaks off for Katrina when he finds her again on the beach. To get him jealous, Tina eventually grabs on to the unattached Tad, but ends up liking him better anyway.
* PoliceAreUseless / TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The security guard at the museum utterly fails at keeping out intruders after hours. On top of that, he actually sees Tad right as he's put a high-profile stolen art piece back and doesn't even notice until ''after'' Tad has left.
* RomanticFalseLead: Angelo is engaged to Katrina at the start of the movie.
* ScareEmStraight: InUniverse example; the kids conspire a ZanyScheme to not only recover the scroll, but scare the Duvals away from their life of crime.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Arthur Duval's Duvall's voice and manner are clearly patterned after Creator/JackBenny.
* OnlySaneMan: Tad is the only member of his family who is notinvolved in shadiness.
a criminal.
* PairTheSpares: Don is immediately taken with Katrina, but Charlie sets him up with his sister Tina. Don almost immediately breaks off for Katrina when he finds her again on the beach. To get him jealous, Tina eventually grabs on to the unattached Tad, but she ends up liking him better anyway.
* PoliceAreUseless / TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The security guard at the museum utterly fails at keepingout intruders Larry from breaking in after hours. On top hours and stealing the scroll. The end of that, the movie shows that he hasn't improved this flaw, as he actually sees Tad right as he's put the scroll, a high-profile stolen art piece piece, back where it belongs and doesn't even notice until ''after'' Tad has he's left.
* RomanticFalseLead: Angelo is engaged to Katrina at the start of themovie.
movie, but she breaks it off when she learns he's working for the villains.
* ScareEmStraight:InUniverse example; the InUniverse. The kids conspire a ZanyScheme to not only recover the scroll, but scare the Duvals Duvalls away from their life of crime.crime. The ending dance party reveals that it worked, at least to a certain degree.
* OnlySaneMan: Tad is the only member of his family who is not
* PairTheSpares: Don is immediately taken with Katrina, but Charlie sets him up with his sister Tina. Don almost immediately breaks off for Katrina when he finds her again on the beach. To get him jealous, Tina eventually grabs on to the unattached Tad, but she ends up liking him better anyway.
* PoliceAreUseless / TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The security guard at the museum utterly fails at keeping
* RomanticFalseLead: Angelo is engaged to Katrina at the start of the
* ScareEmStraight:
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* SlipperySwimsuit: Katrina loses her bikini top in the surf and needs to beg Don to throw her his jacket to preserve her modesty.
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* SlipperySwimsuit: Katrina loses her bikini top in the surf and needs to beg begs Don to throw her his jacket to preserve her modesty.
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* StupidCrooks: Larry in particular is a terrible thief at the start of the film -- making off with the scroll by sheer dumb luck while making a ton of noise and even knocking over priceless artifacts in the process. The parents aren't much better either, completely failing to even hang on to their valuable artifact. Finally, Lakopolis's minion ends up losing the scroll almost instantly by trying to make off with it ''when the parents were selling it to him in the first place.''
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The art museum housing priceless artifacts has just one idiot security guard. Two utter rookies break in and easily steal a valuable piece of art (and later return it!) without drawing any attention.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The art museum housing priceless artifacts has just one idiot security guard. Two utter rookies break in and easily steal a valuable piece of art (and later return it!) without drawing any attention.
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* StupidCrooks: Larry in particular is a terrible thief at the start of the film -- film, making off with the scroll by sheer dumb luck while making a ton of noise and even knocking over priceless artifacts in the process. The parents Duvalls aren't much better either, completely failing to even hang on to their valuable artifact. Finally, Lakopolis's Lakopolous's minion ends up losing the scroll almost instantly by trying to make off with it ''when the parents were selling it to him in the first place.''
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The art museum housing priceless artifacts apparently has just one idiot security guard. Twoutter rookies break in and easily steal a valuable piece of art (and later return it!) it) without drawing any attention.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The art museum housing priceless artifacts apparently has just one idiot security guard. Two
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** Katrina's pretty average, but somehow she manages to attract ''every single guy'' on the beach.
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** Katrina's pretty average, Katrina looks about the same as the other women in the cast, but she somehow she manages to attract ''every single guy'' on the beach.
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* SlipperySwimsuit: Katrina loses her bikini top in the surf and needs to beg Don to throw her his jacket to preserve her modesty.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned out of his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Creator/BrianCutler), who is determined to teach the UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Creator/PeterDuryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Creator/DelMoore and Creator/SueCasey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis's men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water -- leading to not one, but ''two'' underwater scuba-diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned out of his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Creator/BrianCutler), who is determined to teach the UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner).(Creator/LyleWaggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Creator/PeterDuryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Creator/DelMoore and Creator/SueCasey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis's men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water -- leading to not one, but ''two'' underwater scuba-diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Creator/BrianCutler), who is determined to teach the UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Creator/PeterDuryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Creator/DelMoore and Creator/SueCasey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off out of his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Creator/BrianCutler), who is determined to teach the UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Creator/PeterDuryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Creator/DelMoore and Creator/SueCasey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' Lakopolis's men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading water -- leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving underwater scuba-diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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The movie is largely obscure now, though it was featured in the second season of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in 1990. For details on that episode, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E04CatalinaCaper episode recap page]].
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The movie is largely obscure now, though it was featured in the second season of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in 1990. For details on that episode, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E04CatalinaCaper episode recap page]].
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* ButtMonkey: Fingers is pretty much defined by his constant pratfalls. If there is even the slightest chance that he will trip, fall into the water, or create a scenario where someone slaps him, ''it will happen.'' After all of the abuse he suffers in the film, he finally can't even succeed at his original goal--arresting Arthur Duval for his numerous crimes--because his son Tad had secretly returned the scroll and thus left no evidence of Duval's crimes.
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* ButtMonkey: Fingers is pretty much defined by his constant pratfalls. If there is even the slightest chance that he will trip, fall into the water, or create a scenario where someone slaps him, ''it will happen.'' After all of the abuse he suffers in the film, he finally can't even succeed at his original goal--arresting goal -- arresting Arthur Duval for his numerous crimes--because crimes -- because his son Tad had secretly returned the scroll and thus left no evidence of Duval's crimes.
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** Katrina's pretty but somehow she manages to attract ''every single guy'' on the beach.
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** Katrina's pretty average, but somehow she manages to attract ''every single guy'' on the beach.
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* PoliceAreUseless / TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The security at the museum utterly fails at keeping out intruders after hours. On top of that, he actually sees Tad right as he's put a high-profile stolen art piece back and doesn't even notice until ''after'' Tad has left.
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* PoliceAreUseless / TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The security guard at the museum utterly fails at keeping out intruders after hours. On top of that, he actually sees Tad right as he's put a high-profile stolen art piece back and doesn't even notice until ''after'' Tad has left.
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* TheStoner: Little Richard. Not his character, ''the actor''. Not that anyone could blame him for wanting to enjoy himself while working on a film like this.
* StupidCrooks: Larry in particular is a terrible thief at the start of the film--making off with the scroll by sheer dumb luck while making a ton of noise and even knocking over priceless artifacts in the process. The parents aren't much better either, completely failing to even hang on to their valuable artifact. Finally, Lakopolis' minion ends up losing the scroll almost instantly by trying to make off with it ''when the parents were selling it to him in the first place.''
* StupidCrooks: Larry in particular is a terrible thief at the start of the film--making off with the scroll by sheer dumb luck while making a ton of noise and even knocking over priceless artifacts in the process. The parents aren't much better either, completely failing to even hang on to their valuable artifact. Finally, Lakopolis' minion ends up losing the scroll almost instantly by trying to make off with it ''when the parents were selling it to him in the first place.''
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* TheStoner: Little Richard. Not his character, ''the actor''.singer himself''. Not that anyone could blame him for wanting to enjoy himself while working on a film like this.
* StupidCrooks: Larry in particular is a terrible thief at the start of thefilm--making film -- making off with the scroll by sheer dumb luck while making a ton of noise and even knocking over priceless artifacts in the process. The parents aren't much better either, completely failing to even hang on to their valuable artifact. Finally, Lakopolis' Lakopolis's minion ends up losing the scroll almost instantly by trying to make off with it ''when the parents were selling it to him in the first place.''
* StupidCrooks: Larry in particular is a terrible thief at the start of the
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* MysteriousWoman: The studio was clearly ''trying'' to go for this with Katrina, but all they managed to achieve was to make her seem mildly creepy, which is why [=MST3K=] dubbed her "Creepy Girl".
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''Catalina Caper'' (also known as ''Never Steal Anything Wet'') is a campy 1967 musical comedy mystery film from Creator/CrownInternationalPictures starring Creator/TommyKirk. One of the last entries (if not ''the'' last) in the '60s beach party film genre exemplified by ''Film/BeachBlanketBingo,'' this film blends the beach format with a standard crime-caper comedy.
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''Catalina Caper'' (also known as ''Never Steal Anything Wet'') is a campy 1967 musical comedy mystery film from Creator/CrownInternationalPictures Creator/CrownInternationalPictures, directed by Lee Sholem and starring Creator/TommyKirk. One of the last entries (if not ''the'' last) in the '60s beach party film genre exemplified by ''Film/BeachBlanketBingo,'' this film blends the beach format with a standard crime-caper comedy.
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* GameOfNerds: Dorky, bespectacled Larry is really into baseball.
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* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: The animated mermaid in the beginning, whose hips are 4 times wider than her head, and whose waist is the width of a ''thumb''.
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* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: The animated mermaid in the beginning, whose hips are 4 four times wider than her head, and whose waist is the width of a ''thumb''.
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* LongSongShortScene: Little Richard's "Scuba Party" is an extremely rare song to find outside of being performed in this movie. One of the only known ways to find it is on a compilation of his... [[NoExportForYou that was only released in some parts of Europe.]]
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* LongSongShortScene: Little Richard's Music/LittleRichard's "Scuba Party" is an extremely rare song to find outside of being performed in this movie. One of the only known ways to find it is on a compilation of his... [[NoExportForYou that was only released in some parts of Europe.]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Arthur Duval's voice and manner are clearly patterned after [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Arthur Duval's voice and manner are clearly patterned after [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]].Creator/JackBenny.
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''Catalina Caper'' (also known as ''Never Steal Anything Wet'') is a campy 1967 musical comedy mystery film from Creator/CrownInternationalPictures starring Tommy Kirk. One of the last entries (if not ''the'' last) in the '60s beach party film genre exemplified by ''Film/BeachBlanketBingo,'' this film blends the beach format with a standard crime-caper comedy.
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''Catalina Caper'' (also known as ''Never Steal Anything Wet'') is a campy 1967 musical comedy mystery film from Creator/CrownInternationalPictures starring Tommy Kirk.Creator/TommyKirk. One of the last entries (if not ''the'' last) in the '60s beach party film genre exemplified by ''Film/BeachBlanketBingo,'' this film blends the beach format with a standard crime-caper comedy.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach the UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore and Sue Casey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), (Creator/BrianCutler), who is determined to teach the UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), (Creator/PeterDuryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore (Creator/DelMoore and Sue Casey); Creator/SueCasey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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** Tina and "Creepy Girl" Katrina for Don. Played with, as the film's use of the trope blends the traditional charactaristics: Tina is more the "blonde girl next door" but is more emotionally volatile and prone to jealousy (but not to the point of being completely unlikable), while Katrina is dark-haired and alluring but ultimately very sweet. In the end Don gets Katrina, but since Tina isn't a bad girl herself she gets a PairTheSpares deal with Tad.
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** Tina and "Creepy Girl" Katrina for Don. Played with, as the film's use of the trope blends the traditional charactaristics: characteristics: Tina is more the "blonde girl next door" but is more emotionally volatile and prone to jealousy (but not to the point of being completely unlikable), while Katrina is dark-haired and alluring but ultimately very sweet. In the end Don gets Katrina, but since Tina isn't a bad girl herself she gets a PairTheSpares deal with Tad.
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This film was shot on location on and around Santa Catalina Island, California.
While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach the Arizona boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore and Sue Casey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach the Arizona boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore and Sue Casey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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This film was shot on location on and around Santa Catalina Island, California.
UsefulNotes/{{California}}.
While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach theArizona UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore and Sue Casey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach the
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in Los Angeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach the Arizona boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore and Sue Casey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in Los Angeles.UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach the Arizona boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore and Sue Casey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in Los Angeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach the Arizona boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, another of Charlie's friends, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore and Sue Casey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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While about half the movie is just music numbers featuring teens dancing to music (at one point being serenaded by Music/LittleRichard[[note]]who is clearly stoned off his gourd[[/note]]), there is an actual plot that noses in from time to time. An ancient scroll is stolen from a museum in Los Angeles. The next day, teenager Don Pringle (Kirk) arrives on Catalina Island with his friend Charlie Moss (Brian Cutler), who is determined to teach the Arizona boy what the swingin' beach party scene is all about, and also hook him up with his sister, Tina (Venita Wolf). However, on the boat ride over, Don is taken by the exotic beauty of vaguely foreign Katrina Corelli (Ulla Strömstedt) though she's on the island to accompany her fiance, the vaguely threatening Angelo (Lyle Waggoner). Meanwhile, another of Charlie's friends, Tad Duval (Peter Duryea), has arrived on the island along with his parents (Del Moore and Sue Casey); due to past history, he suspects they're up to something criminal. In reality, the parents have hired a burglar, Larry (Jim Begg), to steal the scroll from the museum so they can craft a forgery and sell it to their rich foreign mark Dino Lakopolis (Lee Deane). All the while, they're being trailed by hapless insurance investigator Fingers O'Toole (Robert Donner), who just wants to recover the scroll for the museum and hopefully arrest the larcenous Duvals in the process. After one of Lakopolis' men attempts to steal the scroll from the Duvals, it winds up in the water--leading to not one, but ''two'' under water scuba diving knife fights in the film as the teens get wise to the scheme.
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The movie is largely obscure now, though it was featured in the second season of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' in 1990. For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E04CatalinaCaper episode recap page]].
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The movie is largely obscure now, though it was featured in the second season of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' in 1990. For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in 1990. For details on that episode, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E04CatalinaCaper episode recap page]].
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* BettyAndVeronica: Tina and "Creepy Girl" Katrina.
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** Tina and "Creepy Girl"Katrina.
Katrina for Don. Played with, as the film's use of the trope blends the traditional charactaristics: Tina is more the "blonde girl next door" but is more emotionally volatile and prone to jealousy (but not to the point of being completely unlikable), while Katrina is dark-haired and alluring but ultimately very sweet. In the end Don gets Katrina, but since Tina isn't a bad girl herself she gets a PairTheSpares deal with Tad.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Katrina's pretty but somehow she manages to attract ''every single guy'' on the beach.
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** Katrina's pretty but somehow she manages to attract ''every single guy'' on the beach.
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* PoliceAreUseless: The security at the museum utterly fails at keeping out intruders after hours. On top of that, he actually sees Tad right as he's put a high-profile stolen art piece back and doesn't even notice until ''after'' Tad has left.
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* HartmanHips: The animated mermaid in the beginning, whose hips are 4 times wider than her head, and whose waist is the width of a ''thumb''.
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* HartmanHips: The animated mermaid in the beginning, whose hips are 4 times wider than her head, and whose waist is the width of a ''thumb''.
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* TheStoner: Little Richard. Not his character, ''the actor''. Not that anyone could blame him for wanting to enjoy himself while working on a film like this.
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* LongSongShortScene: Little Richard's "Scuba Party" is an extremely rare song to find outside of being performed in this movie. One of the only known ways to find it is on a compilation of his... [[NoExportForYou that was only released in some parts of Europe.]]
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* AnimatedCreditsOpeningAnimatedCreditsOpening: By Murakami/Wolf Productions, who would later go onto greater fame with ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Arthur Duval's voice and manner are clearly patterned after Creator/JackBenny.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Arthur Duval's voice and manner are clearly patterned after Creator/JackBenny.[[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]].
