What countries like France and Brazil essentially take for granted provides the basis for some of America's vicarious kicks. Hence, the insidious popularity of tapes like Topless Beaches 1996.

Like a casual Sunday stroll on the sand in Miami Beach, this tape is a peeping Tom's paradise of intimate glimpses and longing gasps. Sunbathing females, all manners of shape and size are to be found oiling up, stretching out and, obviously, not too mindful of the nosey camera.

Some women even get totally naked, but it will take a practiced eye and wishful thinking to expect any of the Playmate calibre. In any event, this is a good tape for a cheap thrill.