Elizabeth Montgomery made her cameo appearance as the witch doctor's daughter as a favor to her then husband, William Asher, the film's director.
Elizabeth Montgomery's last theatrical movie.
Annette Funicello was pregnant during filming was shot mainly in close-up or wearing baggy clothing.
Features the only big screen appearance by The Kingsmen, famous for their hit version of "Louie Louie". Decked out in matching yellow blazers, the band did not perform that song and instead performed "Give Her Lovin'".
Film debut of Sue Hamilton.
The last "Beach Party" film to feature Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. Because Avalon asked producers Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson for more money, his role was cut down to what amounts to a small cameo of about six minutes of screen time.