I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

1969 American film

Richard L Bare
Henry Irving

Based onstory by Richard L Bare & George O'HanlonProduced byRichard L. BareStarring

Gardner McKay
Fred Clark
Pat Buttram
Diane McBain

Cinematography

Frederick Gately
Leonard J. South

Edited byJohn F. SchreyerMusic byPhilip Springer

Production
companies

National Telefilm Associates
United National

Distributed byWorld Entertainment

Release date

September 1969 (1969-09)

Running time

95 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew is a 1969 American adventure comedy film directed and co-written by Richard L. Bare, starring Gardner McKay, Fred Clark, Pat Buttram, and Diane McBain.

It was the last film for both McKay and Clark.

Plot

Terry (Gardner McKay) bets his friend Josh (Fred Clark) $20,000 that he can beat him in a boat race to Tahiti using an all-female crew. Terry collects a crew including a murderess and a cocktail waitress.

Cast

Gardner McKay as Terry O'Brien
Fred Clark as Generous Josh
Pat Buttram as Blodgett
Diane McBain as Liz Clark
Richard Denning as The Commodore
Betty South as the Commodore's wife
Edy Williams as Marilyn
Jeanne Rainer as Monique
Zulu as Kino, the Jailer
Arlene Charles as Janet
Mary O'Brien as Jimsy
Bebe Louie as Tomaya
Douglas Mossman as Island Chief
Al Alawi as Chimp Leader
Duke Kahanamoku as Surfer

Production

Gardner McKay was best known for the TV series Adventures in Paradise, Diane McBain was a regular on television’s Surfside 6 and Richard Denning occasionally played to Governor of Hawaii on Hawaii Five-O. The film was financed by World Entertainment Corp, a subsidiary of NTA.^[1]

Filming started 22 May 1967 on location in Hawaii.^[2] Edy Williams was borrowed from 20th Century Fox.^[3]

References

^ MOVIE CALL SHEET: New Spectrum for Film Team Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 15 Nov 1967: d15.
^ Leyton in 'East of Java' Los Angeles Times 5 May 1967: d18.
^ 'Bliss' for Shirley MacLaine Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 13 May 1967: b8