Never heard of the "The Boatniks"? Neither had I until I bought it in a group of other videos. It's really a shame I've never seen this before because this is Disney comedy at its best. Ensign Thomas Garland (Robert Morse) is a new Coast Guard assigned command of a Coast Guard rescue ship. Ensign Tom is accident prone and clumsy to say the least. He wrecks his car, botches a simple rescue tow and gets himself stranded, sinks a boat, and more! Even though Tom knocked a bucket of paint over Kate (Stefanie Powers), the local sailboat instructor, she has dinner with him. Finally thinking he's gotten lucky with a date, Tom proves he really is jinxed by breaking his glass and spilling wine all over Kate during a coast. The sympathetic Ensign is pitted against three equally clumsy jewel thieves led by Harry Simmons (Phil Silvers). Not wanting to run into a police roadblock, Harry and his fellow criminals rent a sailboat to escape to Mexico. There is just one problem though: Harry and his friends have no sailing experience! Their clumsiness leads them into dense fog where Ensign Tom accidentally rams their boat and sinks it along with the 2 million dollars worth of jewels hidden inside foods in a picnic basket. Harry and his cronies first try "fishing" for the basket. When that doesn't work, Harry has one of his friends get a diving suit and go down to find the jewels. But that doesn't work either when the friend almost gets eaten by a shark! Finally, Harry hires a beautiful Japanese lady pearl diver. Already suspicious by "Commodore" Harry, the Ensign watches Harry and his pals closely and when he sees the pearl diver bring up the basket, he is suspicious that they are the jewel thieves. Tom hatches a plan to catch the thieves red handed. The rest of the movie is quite humorous. The bumbling thieves try to escape in various ways and eventually steal a mini submarine to make their escape. Their escape in the sub including faking their sinking is really funny. "The Boatniks" is a great family Disney comedy movie and Phil Silvers as the leader of the jewel thieves is wonderful. Recommended!Read full review
All players did a good job in messing up Coast Guard Protocol! It is a good change of pace from normal on board routine. I highly recommend it for family watching, good humor!
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Good lead actor. Good supporting cast. Screenplay fine too. Music ok. I also enjoyed the movie too.
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That is a good story.
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I accidentally reviewed "The Boatniks" under the link for "The Great Race," so the review here is for The Great Race! High jinks, good times, a case of mistaken identity, women's lib, and a love story-- this movie has it all! Excellent cast.
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