Catalina Caper

1967
G
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

2.3/10

2.3K

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A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.

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Swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.Swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.Swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.

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IMDb RATING

2.3/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
When filming began on this movie in late-summer 1965, Tommy Kirk was on probation with Walt Disney Studios after an arrest for marijuana possession on Christmas Eve 1964. Although later cleared by the District Attorney's office, he was immediately replaced after the arrest by Michael Anderson Jr. for the role of the youngest son in the John Wayne movie The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), for which principal shooting was to begin January 4, 1965. Newspapers of March 20, 1965, reported that Kirk had signed a five-year contract with American-International Pictures and on June 3, although details were not given, newspapers reports about Kirk stated that "His recent bout with the police in a mid-west city didn't do his clean cut kid image any good and his career with the Disney films seems over."

Goofs
The band playing on the yacht later in the film is obviously miming: the drummer is playing nothing even remotely similar to what is heard.

Quotes
Charlie Moss: You shoulda seen him comin' up the coast. I don't think they sell bikinis in Arizona.
Don: Oh, they sell 'em. But, I've never seen so many trying to cover so much with so little success.

Connections
Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Catalina Caper (1990)

Soundtracks
Scuba Party
Music & lyrics by Jerry Long & Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
Performed by Little Richard

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1/10

What the hell happened with the plot?

For starters, I usually don't watch Tommy Kirk movies. Most of us who have seen this piece of celluloid dung saw it on MST3K. When Volume 1 came out and included the films without the running commentary, I decided to see how bad some of these things actually are. My God what a fool I was.

The "plot" here is that some thieves decided to pull a bait and switch using a stolen scroll on some rich guy. The scroll gets lost due to incompetence while they're showing the goods to the rich guy's lackey. This could be a poor plot (not good, but would suffice to make a B movie) except for the fact that they decided to throw in a bunch of kids who get mixed up in the whole thing. Between the lousy music (Little Richard did OK, but the others were terrible), dancing, scuba footage, and attempts to develop love interests there should be something holding this together besides bad jokes and a loose caper "plot." On top of all of this, the "talent" seemed to not really care what was going on, so the results are predictably crappy.

For God's sake, don't watch without MST3K.