Bikini Paradise

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Bikini Paradise
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Directed by Gregg G. Tallas
Written by Daniel Aubrey
Howard Bert
Produced by Bernard Glasser
Lester A. Sansom
Starring Janette Scott
Kieron Moore
John Baer
Kay Walsh
Cinematography Manuel Berenguer
Edited byKurt Herrnfeld
Music by Johnny Douglas
Production
companies
A.C.E. Films
Security Pictures
Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • May 3, 1967 (1967-05-03)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bikini Paradise is a 1967 American comedy film directed by Gregg G. Tallas and starring Janette Scott, Kieron Moore and John Baer. [1] [2]

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. Location shooting took place in the Canary Islands. It was also known as White Savage.

Plot

Shortly after World War II two naval officers are sent to find Harriet Pembroke, a schoolteacher who fled from the Japanese forces. Eventually they discover her on a small Pacific island with an all-female population of which she has become the leader.

Cast

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References

  1. BIKINI PARADISE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 162.
  2. Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.203

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