Surftide 77

Surftide 77

The WACKIEST private eye in history...eyeing dozens of the loveliest suspects ever!!!

1962 · 68 min · ★ 4.5 · Comedy

Private Eye Bernard Bingbang is hired by old lady Agatha Bungworthy to find her runaway niece Cynthia, heir to the family fortune, before that fortune goes to nasty Uncle Philip. Bingbang’s only clue to the niece’s identity: she has a birthmark that looks like a butterfly right above her left nipple. Naturally, in true Nudie-Cutie fashion, “The Case of the Hidden Butterfly Birthmark” means our hero will have to see numerous naked breasts in order to find the missing heiress.

Directed by Lee Frost · Written by H. Duane Weaver

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Thomas Newman Bernard Bingbang
Bob Cresse Agatha Bungworthy / Townsend Bungworthy
Dwayne Winton Lt. Ricketts
Maurice Julian Howard
Harriet Vecker Maggie
Sue Stern Molly
Eva Kennedi Eva
Vic Tayback Arms Cooper
Virginia Gordon Vultura
Althea Currier Party Waitress
Arline Hunter Party Guest
Howard Dayton Louie

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