A dead body washes up on an Acapulco beach. Mexican police investigates the possible murder of the "beach boy". Pete Jordan (Cliff Robertson) is a former beach boy who married rich American Kit Jordan (Lana Turner). She knew the dead boy. His girlfriend Carol Lambert (Stefanie Powers) arrives looking for answers. Hank Walker (Hugh O'Brian) is a suspicious beach boy who works the rich vacationing older ladies.
This has the tropical sunshine and the glistening male beach bodies. It's a beach blanket bingo mystery, but it moves much too slowly. It's a lot of lounging around on the beach or doing pulpy artificial melodrama which grinds the pace to a crawl. Lana Turner suffers from this in particular. It is interesting to see some of these old Hollywood faces. Stefanie Powers is so young here. The story just moves so slowly.
This has the tropical sunshine and the glistening male beach bodies. It's a beach blanket bingo mystery, but it moves much too slowly. It's a lot of lounging around on the beach or doing pulpy artificial melodrama which grinds the pace to a crawl. Lana Turner suffers from this in particular. It is interesting to see some of these old Hollywood faces. Stefanie Powers is so young here. The story just moves so slowly.