Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

Airline pilot Rick Richards, unemployed because of his playboy ways, returns to Hawaii. There with his old friend Danny Kohana, he establishes a charter helicopter service to fly tourists around the islands. Judy Hudson, hired as a secretary, intrigues Rick with her aloofness, although he continues to see other girlfriends who work at the hotels.


When dogs in his helicopter cause Rick accidentally to buzz the car of a Federal aviation agent and force him into a ditch, Rick is grounded until a hearing can determine if his license should be revoked. He violates the order, however, to rescue Danny, whose leg is broken when his helicopter crashes in a remote section of the islands.


At a big party, Rick's girlfriends learn of his deals with the other girls and gang up on him. He escapes, successfully pleads his case with the aviation agent, and wins Judy's affection.

If looks could kill...

Elvis Presley (Rick Richards).............................................. .............................................Suzanna Leigh (Judy Hudson)
James Shigeta (Danny Kohana).......................................... .........................................Donna Butterworth (Jan Kohana)
Mariana Hill (Lani).............................................................. ..................................................................Irene Tsu (Pua)
Linda Wong (Lehua)........................................................... .........................................................Julie Parrish (Joanna)
Jan Shepard (Betty Kohana)............................................... ...........................................John Doucette (Donald Belden)
Philip Ahn (Moki)............................................................... .............................................Grady Sutton (Mr. Cubberson)
Don Collier (Andy Lowell).................................................... ............................................Doris Packer (Mrs. Berrington)
Mary Treen (Mrs. Belden)................................................... ...............................................Gigi Verone (Peggy Holdren)
Shanon Hale (blonde applicant)........................................... .......................................................................................
Hal Wallis Productions. Dist Paramount Pictures. 15 Jun 1966 [New York openening; c31 Dec 1965;LP32470]. Sd; col (Technicolor). 35 mm. 91 min. Prod Hal B. Wallis. Assoc Prod Paul Nathan. Dir Michael Moore. Screenplay Allan Weiss, Anthony Lawrence. Orig Story Allan Weiss. Dir Photog W. Wallace Kelley. Helicoper Photog Nelson Tyler. Art Dir Hal Percira, Walter Tyler. Set Decor Sam Comer, Ray Moyer. Film Ed Warren Low. Mus Comp & Cond Joseph J. Lilley. Songs: "Paradise, Hawiian Style", "Scratch My Back (Then I'll Scratch Yours), "Stop Where You Are", "This Is My Heaven", Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye. Songs: "House of Sand", "Queenie Wahine's Papaya", Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye, Donna Butterworth. Song: "Datin'", Fred Wise, Randy Starr, Donna Butterworth. Song: "Drums of the Islands", Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett. Song: "A Dog's Life", Sid Wayne, Ben Wiseman. Song: "Sand Castles", Herb Goldberg, David Hess, Donna Butterworth. Song: "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?", Hughie Cannon. Songs sung by Elvis Presley. Choreog Jack Regas. Sd John Carter, Charles Grenzbach. Asst Dir James Rosenberger. Prod Mgr Robert Goodstein. Asst to Prod Jack Saper. Cost Edith Head. Makeup Wally Westmore. Hair Dresser Nellie Manley. Sp Eff Romaine Birkmeyer. Proc Photog Farciot Edourart.