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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

  • 1965
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  • 1h 28m
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5.1/10
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Frankie Avalon, Vincent Price, Susan Hart, and Dwayne Hickman in Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Skirt-chasing SIC agent Craig Gamble and millionaire bachelor Todd Armstrong set out to foil mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot's plot to use his army of bikini-clad robots to seduce wealthy men into signing over their assets.
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A skirt-chasing spy and a millionaire bachelor must foil mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot's plot to use his army of bikini-clad robots to seduce wealthy men into signing over their assets.A skirt-chasing spy and a millionaire bachelor must foil mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot's plot to use his army of bikini-clad robots to seduce wealthy men into signing over their assets.A skirt-chasing spy and a millionaire bachelor must foil mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot's plot to use his army of bikini-clad robots to seduce wealthy men into signing over their assets.

  • Directors
    • Norman Taurog
    • Ishirô Honda
  • Writers
    • Elwood Ullman
    • Robert Kaufman
    • James H. Nicholson
  • Stars
    • Vincent Price
    • Frankie Avalon
    • Dwayne Hickman
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    5.1/10
    2.7K
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    • Directors
      • Norman Taurog
      • Ishirô Honda
    • Writers
      • Elwood Ullman
      • Robert Kaufman
      • James H. Nicholson
    • Stars
      • Vincent Price
      • Frankie Avalon
      • Dwayne Hickman
    • 67User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Dr. Goldfoot
    Frankie Avalon
    Frankie Avalon
    • Craig Gamble
    Dwayne Hickman
    Dwayne Hickman
    • Todd Armstrong
    Susan Hart
    Susan Hart
    • Diane
    Jack Mullaney
    Jack Mullaney
    • Igor
    Fred Clark
    Fred Clark
    • D.J. Pevney
    Patti Chandler
    Patti Chandler
    • Robot
    Mary Hughes
    Mary Hughes
    • Robot
    Salli Sachse
    Salli Sachse
    • Robot
    Luree Holmes
    • Robot
    Sue Hamilton
    • Robot
    Laura Nicholson
    • Robot
    Marianne Gaba
    Marianne Gaba
    • Robot
    China Lee
    China Lee
    • Robot
    Issa Arnal
    • Robot
    Deanna Lund
    Deanna Lund
    • Robot
    Pamela Rodgers
    Pamela Rodgers
    • Robot #12
    • (as Pam Rodgers)
    Leslie Summers
    • Robot
    • Directors
      • Norman Taurog
      • Ishirô Honda
    • Writers
      • Elwood Ullman
      • Robert Kaufman
      • James H. Nicholson
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    5GuyCC

    It Was So Bad.... I Strangely Kind Of Liked It.

    But in the kind of way people like hospital Jell-O. You take it simply because it's there.

    A friend brought this over to my humble abode for what seems to be a new tradition of "Bad Movie Nights". This pithy little nugget is quite the mound of poo, but it was so laughably bad that, well, I pretty much laughed.

    Hilarity and hi-jinks ensue as Diane the multi-accented robot (and Carmen Sandiego wardrobe impersonator) rips of the wealthy in the name of Dr. Goldfoot (and does he have a bikini machine... but hey, who doesn't have one these days?). The good doctor is played by Vincent Price, and our main hero is Sonic restaurant spokesman and beach movie veteran Frankie Avalon. So for the duration of the film, we get a Motown/claymation intro/theme song, a far out and utterly random dance moment, goofy plot devices, dungeons with motorcycle riders, a dense henchman, a Scooby Doo-esque graveyard, lots of girls in bikinis, quite possibly the longest and most improbable chase scene ever, and the fabled line "stop dinging that dong!" Ah, this is high comedy, or comedy created while someone was high. I'm not sure. It was slapstick that would have made Jerry Lewis very proud indeed.

    If this never made it to MST3K, then it should have. My friends and I ripped into it with sarcastic glee. All we were missing were the robots. I was stunned about how laughably bad this film was, and yet when it was all over, I actually had a good time with the thing. This is definitely a film to watch if you enjoy hurling witty insults at bad films. Everyone else, run far away, but stay for that wacky theme song.
    6estabansmythe

    Wonderfully stupid fun

    Dr. Goldfoot has:

    1. Vincent Price having a field day hamming it up like John Barrymore on scotch and speed!

    2. Harvey Lembeck as Erich Von Zipper in a hilarious 10-second cameo!

    3. The titanic teaming of Dobie Gillis and Frankie Avalon!

    4. One of the finest "second bananas," the late Jack Mullaney as Price's Mad Scientist henchman, Igor!

    5. Tons of young American International babes!

    6. The Supremes singing the title song!

    7. It's directed by Elvis' #1 Man, Norman Taurog!

    8. It's written by the Three Stooges #1 Man, Ellwood Ullman!

    WOW!

    What have you got: Only the greatest film since "Gone With The Wind," "Citizen Kane" and "The Bicycle Thief"! Okay, perhaps not - but it is a ton of zany low budget screwball fun,'60s American International-style.

    I really liked it.
    5gridoon

    Lowbrow fun.

    A totally dumb, freewheeling comedy, good for some lowbrow fun. With its mad scientists, bikini-clad girls, laser guns and silly slapstick gags, this film has definite cult possibilities, but it's never really very funny (despite campy performances by Price and Frankie Avalon). Plus, the mismatch between on-location filming and rear-projection techniques in the final big chase sequence is so obvious it becomes awfully distracting. (**)
    5Bogmeister

    Robot Females and Stupid Males

    MASTER PLAN: marry off rich bachelors to female robots and get rich. Of all the films attempting to capture the absurdity and success of the James Bond craze of the sixties, this one is the most ridiculous. This one combines the weird plots of the Bonders with some elements of the stupid beach movies and campy horror of the decade, complete with dungeons and threat of torture (genuinely if mildly amusing). It's an odd mix, to be sure. Then-popular teen idol Avalon, most famous for his beach blanket bingo pics, is an agent (number 00 & 1/2) of S.I.C. (Secret Intelligence Command), based out of my old hometown of San Francisco - nice location long shots and a focus on the winding Lombard street. He's a hapless dope who becomes involved with a femme fatale robot (Hart) accidentally. She's one of several creations originating from the warped brain of Goldfoot (Price), the mad doctor of the title. He's somewhat typical of a Bondian villain wannabe, but Price is best known for his mad scientist roles in typical horror films of that time, so he's kind of a combination of both. Though a mad genius in the comical sense, his goal is nothing more than making some bucks off his robots, so he's actually a futuristic pimp, running a wild & crazy con artist/prostitution ring.

    The plot is pretty amusing and Price hams it up shamelessly, mugging for the camera and even indulging in that cliché - the sinister mad chuckle. His assistant, Igor, is a complete idiot, a further parody of the mad scientist's aid from the "Frankenstein" movies, existing solely as an ego-boost for the mad scientist, to make him look even smarter - presumably why Goldfoot 'returned' him to life (see also the Luthor/Otis relationship from the "Superman" movies). How much a viewer likes any of this depends on how much patience one has for all the slapstick stunts and silly overplaying by the actors. Igor is the most extreme example, but everyone else also behaves like an idiot. The one surprise is actress Hart, who, besides being easy on the eye, proves to be quite talented, required to act with several different accents, besides other things. She virtually disappeared from the movie business soon after this, unfortunately. The entire premise of robotic babes, a commentary on male attitudes of that period, was repeated in later similar fare - "Some Girls Do" for example, not to mention the obvious "The Stepford Wives" in the seventies. Also note the use of musical sound FX in one scene from a couple of famous sci-fi pics of the fifties, "War of the Worlds" and "Forbidden Planet." Goldfoot and S.I.C. would return in the Italian "Dr.Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs" the following year. Hero:4 Villain:5 Femme Fatales:7 Henchmen:3 Fights:3 Stunts/Chases:4 Gadgets:5 Auto:4 Locations:6 Pace:5 overall:5
    LucyCannon

    A tip o' the brim to Castro Street?

    Our little group saw this on our own "Bad Movie Night" and speculated that this was a sly homage to San Francisco's gay community. Certainly there was no obvious reason to film it there, besides the fun involved in careening down Lombard Street between Hyde & Leavenworth (allegedly the crookedest stretch of paved road in the USA) during the chase scene.

    Why? Because Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman seem almost disinterested in Dr. Goldfoot's sex-bots at first, and, once they find each other, they hold on to each other for dear life. Vincent Price camping it up in silk smoking jacket doesn't help. All of us viewing in this session were straight, so those of you with acute pre-Stonewall Hollywood Gay-dar should check this out to see if we're just a clueless bunch of breeders. There may even have been clues we missed.

    A few things that make us go "Hmmm": Why would someone who obviously has the means to construct an opulent underground lab with fancy decoration and fabulous machinery need to use it to soak rich guys? Why does Igor look and act like just a normal schlub pulled off the street, rather than a revived corpse (did the SFX budget run out after all those gold bikinis)? How does making her scrub the floor punish a robot? (Unless she's Marvin the Paranoid Android.) What ever became of Igor's impersonation of the SIC chief visiting the local department? And why does a movie that advertises "killer sex-bots" have little violence, and essentially no sex, in it -- not even of the off-screen early-60s sex-tease sort?

    Aww, so the hell what? IT'S A REALLY STUPID MOVIE ALL ROUND. ***, one of them just because Vincent Price is simply mahvelous.

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    • Trivia
      Three of the bikini girls from the bikini machine were Playboy playmates.
    • Goofs
      In the first sequence between Todd and Diane in Todd's hotel suite, his room has twin beds. When she returns to get him to sign a power of attorney, the room has a large, circular double bed.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Goldfoot: You know, Igor, I'm beginning to regret that I brought you back to life.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are formed from molten gold that takes on various shapes: a pair of golden feet, coins, and a woman.
    • Connections
      Edited from La chambre des tortures (1961)
    • Soundtracks
      Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine
      Words and Music by by Guy Hemric & Jerry Styner

      Performed by The Supremes

      Through the courtesy of Motown Record Corporation

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 1965 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM Studios (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dr. Goldfoot and his Bikini Machine
    • Filming locations
      • 1000 block, Lombard Street, San Francisco, California, USA(opening sequence and end chase)
    • Production company
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
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    • Budget
      • $300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.59 : 1

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