Savage Beach

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Savage Beach | image = Savagebeach.jpg | caption = Promotional film poster | director = Andy Sidaris | producer = | writer = Andy Sidaris | starring = Dona Speir<br />Hope Marie Carlton<br />John Aprea<br />Bruce Penhall | music = Gary Stockdale | cinematography = Howard Wexler | editing = Michael Haight | distributor = Malibu Bay Films | released = {{Film date|1989|10||USA}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}

'''''Savage Beach''''' is a 1989 action adventure film written and directed by Andy Sidaris and starring Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, John Aprea, Bruce Penhall. It is the fourth installment in the Triple B film series.

==Plot== Special Agent Donna Hamilton is tasked with delivering a much-needed vaccine to the Philippines as part of her cover job as a cargo pilot based out of Molokai. En route back to Hawaii, Donna and her protege, trainee Taryn, crash-land on a deserted Pacific island. While awaiting rescue, the women find themselves up against a group of mercenaries led by Captain Andres, who is trying to recover a fortune in gold lost during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89108/savage-beach#overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307190842/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89108/savage-beach#overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2021| title=Savage Beach|publisher=TCM|access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref>

==Cast== * Dona Speir as Donna * Hope Marie Carlton as Taryn * John Aprea as Captain Andreas * Bruce Penhall as Bruce Christian

==Release== ''Savage Beach'' was shown theatrically on October 13, 1989, in New York.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=New York Daily News|title=Extra Movie Timetables|page=48|date=October 13, 1989|access-date=July 9, 2021|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81140979/savage-beach-release-date/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>{{sfn|Lor.|1991|p=42}}

==Reception== From contemporary reviews, "Lor." of ''Variety'' declared the film to be an "entertaining action pic" stating that "Filmmaker Andy Sidaris ensures that most of the action is campy fun with his oddball dialog and predilection for having the female cast strip in the least likely situations." concluding that "Action fans who favor a tongue-in-cheek approach will enjoy this one."{{sfn|Lor.|1991|p=42}}

==See also== *Girls with guns

==References== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== * {{cite book|title=Variety's Film Reviews 1989-1990|volume=21|publisher=R. R. Bowker|isbn=0-8352-3089-9|year=1991 |author=Lor.}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0098257}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXmLABDP344 Trailer for ''Savage Beach'']

Category:1989 films Category:1989 independent films Category:1980s action adventure films Category:1989 American films Category:1989 English-language films Category:1980s spy action films Category:American action adventure films Category:American independent films Category:American spy action films Category:English-language action adventure films Category:English-language independent films Category:Films directed by Andy Sidaris Category:Films set on islands