<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $175,000 </Td> </Tr> <P> Beach Blanket Bingo is an American International Pictures beach party film, released in 1965 and was directed by William Asher . It is the fifth, and also best - known, film in the beach party film series . The film starred Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello and also featured Paul Lynde, Don Rickles and Buster Keaton . Linda Evans's singing voice was dubbed by Jackie Ward . </P> <P> A singer, Sugar Kane (Linda Evans), is unwittingly being used for publicity stunts for her latest album by her agent (Paul Lynde), for example, faking a skydiving stunt, actually performed by Bonnie (Deborah Walley). Meanwhile, Frankie (Frankie Avalon), (duped into thinking he rescued Sugar Kane), takes up skydiving at Bonnie's prompting; she secretly wants to make her boyfriend Steve (John Ashley) jealous . This, of course, prompts Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) to also try free - falling . Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) and his Malibu Rat Pack bikers also show up, with Von Zipper falling madly in love with Sugar Kane . To top all this, Bonehead (Jody McCrea) falls in love with a mermaid (Marta Kristen). Eventually, Von Zipper "puts the snatch" on Sugar Kane . The film takes a The Perils of Pauline - like twist, with the evil South Dakota Slim (Timothy Carey) kidnapping Sugar and tying her to a buzz - saw . </P> <Ul> <Li> Frankie Avalon as Frankie </Li> <Li> Annette Funicello as Dee Dee </Li> <Li> Harvey Lembeck as Eric Von Zipper </Li> <Li> John Ashley as Steve </Li> <Li> Deborah Walley as Bonnie </Li> <Li> Jody McCrea as Bonehead </Li> <Li> Marta Kristen as Lorelei </Li> <Li> Linda Evans as Sugar Kane </Li> <Li> Don Rickles as Big Drop </Li> <Li> Paul Lynde as Bullets </Li> <Li> Donna Loren as Donna </Li> <Li> Timothy Carey as South Dakota Slim </Li> <Li> Buster Keaton as Buster </Li> <Li> Bobbi Shaw as Bobbi </Li> <Li> Earl Wilson as Himself </Li> <Li> Michael Nader as Butch </Li> <Li> Donna Michelle as Animal </Li> <Li> Patti Chandler as Patti </Li> <Li> Andy Romano as J.D. </Li> <Li> Alberta Nelson as Puss </Li> <Li> Myrna Ross as Boots </Li> <Li> Chris Cranston as a Beach Girl </Li> </Ul>

Who played the mermaid in beach blanket bingo