It's silliness on the high seas as two sneaky sailors race across the South Pacific in this fast-paced and campy comedy. The fun begins when one bets the other $20,000 that he, with an all girl crew, be the first to Tahiti in a sailboat race. The other, not to be outdone, has a few monkeyshines up his sleeve and actually wins the race. The beaten bettor then makes the claim, that he can beat the victor to the mainland using a crew comprised of baboons. That is too much to resist for the other and the race is on.
Practical Effects
Actual baboons on boats—no CGI, just chaos and harnesses
Costume
Sailing 'uniforms' that defy physics and modesty
Director
Richard L. Bare
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Richard L. Bare was deep in his 'Green Acres' era and brought that same haywire energy to open water.
This flopped so hard it became a TCM deep-cut curiosity—one of the lowest-rated films of 1968, now ironically beloved.
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