Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
| Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine | |
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Produced by |
Samuel Z. Arkoff James H. Nicholson |
| Written by |
Story: James Hartford Screenplay: Robert Kaufman Elwood Ullman |
| Starring |
Vincent Price Frankie Avalon Dwayne Hickman Susan Hart Jack Mullaney |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
| Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
| Edited by | Eve Newman Ronald Sinclair |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million |
| Box office | $1.9 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) |
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine is a 1965 American International Pictures comedy film in Pathécolor directed by Norman Taurog and starring Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Susan Hart and Jack Mullaney and featuring Fred Clark. It is a parody of the then-popular spy film trend, particularly the 1964 James Bond hit Goldfinger, using actors from AIP's beach party and Edgar Allan Poe films.
Despite its low production values, the film has achieved a certain cult status for the appearance of Price and other AIP Beach Party film alumni, its in-jokes and over-the-top sexuality, the claymation title sequence designed by Art Clokey, and a title song performed by The Supremes.
The movie was retitled Dr G. and the Bikini Machine in England because there were two doctors in the country called Doctor Goldfoot.
Price plays the titular mad scientist who, with the questionable assistance of his resurrected flunky Mullaney, builds a gang of female robots who are then dispatched to seduce and rob wealthy men. (Goldfoot's name reflects his and his robots' choice in footwear.) Avalon and Hickman play the bumbling heroes who attempt to thwart Goldfoot's scheme. The film's climax is an extended chase through the streets of San Francisco.
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