<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>
<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>
who played the mermaid in beach blanket bingo
who played the mermaid in beach blanket bingo
Marta Kristen
Marta Kristen