Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Produced by | Samuel Z. Arkoff James H. Nicholson |
| Written by | Short Story Author: James Hartford Screenwriters: Robert Kaufman Elwood Ullman |
| Starring | Vincent Price Frankie Avalon Dwayne Hickman Susan Hart Jack Mullaney |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
| Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
| Editing by | Eve Newman Ronald Sinclair |
| Release date(s) | 1965 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs |
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine is a 1965 American International Pictures film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, and Jack Mullaney.
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[edit] Plot
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 choice in footwear.) Avalon and Hickman play the bumbling heroes who attempt to thwart Goldfoot's scheme. The film climaxes with an extended car–bike–cable car chase through the streets of San Francisco.
[edit] Production
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 sexism, the claymation title sequence designed by Art Clokey, and a title song performed by The Supremes. (The original title was "Dr. Goldfoot and His Bikini Machine", and while the title was changed to "the" rather than "his", the song still reflects the original title.)
[edit] Sequels
This film is said to have been a major inspiration for the 1997 film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. It also spawned an official sequel, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, directed by Mario Bava.
