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Herbie Goes Bananas

Year:

1980

Duration:

100 min | 93 min (TCM print)

Genres:

Family | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

IMDB rate:

4.7

Director:

Vincent McEveety

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1980-06-25

Filming Locations: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Earnings

Cast

Actor

Character

Henry Slate

Cloris Leachman

Aunt Louise

Charles Martin Smith

D.J.

John Vernon

Prindle

Stephen W. Burns

Pete (as Stephan W. Burns)

Elyssa Davalos

Melissa

Joaquin Garay III

Paco

Harvey Korman

Captain Blythe

Richard Jaeckel

Shepard

Alex Rocco

Quinn

Fritz Feld

Chief Steward

Vito Scotti

Armando Moccia

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

Garage Owner (as Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez)

Ruben Moreno

Store Owner

Tina Menard

Store Owner's Wife

Jorge Moreno

Bus Driver

Allan Hunt

Canal Operator #1

Tom Scott

Canal Operator #2

Hector Morales

Mexican General

Iris Adrian

Loud American Wife

Ceil Cabot

Mrs. Purkiss

Pat Van Patten

Cigarette Guest (as Patricia Van Patten)

Jack Perkins

Loud American

Ernie Fuentes

Native

Antonio Trevino

Pigeon Owner

Dante D'Andre

Dr. De Moraes

Alma Beltran

General's Wife

Dolores Aguirre

General's Daughter #1

Aurora Coria

General's Daughter #2

Alex Tinne

Local #1

Don Diamond

Local #2

Warde Donovan

Maitre d'

Ray Victor

Guard Attendant

Bert Santos

Policeman #3

Buddy Joe Hooker

Chef

Steve Boyum

Panama Policeman

Kenny Endoso

Mexican Policeman

Mario Cisneros

Puerto Vallarta Policeman

Jeff Ramsey

The Matador

John Meier

Ship's Officer (as John C. Meier)

Alejandro Alemán

Kid in bus (uncredited)

Raúl Gómez

Jeep Driver (uncredited)

Herbie The Love Bug

Itself

Gloria O'Brien

(singing voice) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

A total of 26 Volkswagen Beetles played the part of Herbie in this film due to the enormous number of stunts.

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Herbie The Love Bug was a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle deluxe ragtop sedan painted in Volkswagen L87 pearl white. Under normal circumstances, the interior would be a matching white. However, Herbie's interior was painted a special non-reflective grey color so the camera and studio lights would not reflect.

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Herbie's name is mentioned only once in the film. This occurs when Pete first picks up Herbie at the beginning. The owner of the car lot tells Pete a story about Jim Douglas and says, "Herbie, he see it, he stop." For the rest of the movie, the car is called Ocho.

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Goofs

Captain Blythe says he is wearing a replica of the uniform Lord Nelson wore when he defeated the Spanish Armada. Although the Battle of Trafalgar Bay (1805) is chiefly remembered as a battle between the British and the French, the Spanish fleet was also involved. The combined French-Spanish fleet took a severe beating from the British Navy (which had very few casualties, though Nelson himself was mortally wounded by a French sniper), so technically Nelson did defeat a Spanish Armada.

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When Paco runs across the street, studio floodlights are reflected in the side of a VW Camper as it drives by.

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When Herbie is thrown overboard, his rear license plate is missing. Later, after Paco rescues Herbie from the ocean, we see the rear license plate once again.

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Quotes

Aunt Louise: I think it's trying to tell us something!

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Aunt Louise: But Captain, how can a car release a boy with a key? Explain that.

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Paco: What's your name?

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