Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

This is a cute comedy. It always makes me laugh. I would always watch it on tv when ever it came on. I was very pleased when I was able to buy it.

This is dynamite. Prices performance is hilarious. The mix of zany yet well done stupidity + classic cheesiness is divine. I wish I had 12 of these. The disc will soon die from laser wear (I know I know not real but still) from the number of times it goes in the player. Sadly many will never know the joys of this movie...

In those glorious days of yesteryear there was a certain type of movie that appealed to the young people of the 1960's. They were the bikini beach movies that were light on plot, but heavy on cleavage. The spirit of these movies has not lived on, but for anyone seeking the glorious years of 60's cinema can find it through the miracle of DVD.

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine may never be compared to Gone with the Wind, but it had a much hipper theme song. The plot is as simple as it is genius. Dr. Goldfoot, played by Vincent Price, and his sidekick Igor has developed a machine that mass produces bikini clad babes. They are sent out to marry the rich and rob them blind. How great is that?

He is thwarted by none other than Frankie Avalon. He was a staple in the bikini films along with Annette. She does do a brief cameo in this film and if she turned you on in anyway, you may get a bit of a thrill to see her locked in a rack. S&M fetish freaks with a touch for nostalgia probably have the image as their desktop photo.

Well the movie is fun and light hearted, but this movie has something that no other movie has. Have you ever, at least once, wanted to witness a trolley chase? Not only that, but the finale chase also includes a moped and a boat on a trailer. Of course the film really doesn't end with Vincent Price falling off a cliff and exploding after being hit by US Naval gunfire as it may first appear. No, no. The wily Price is in the cockpit of the plane as our heroes fly off to France. The sequel was ready to begin. Enjoy!

Vincent Price, dumped his usual horror roles with American International to star in this 60's Teen Comedy, that also spawned a sequel Dr. Goldfoot And His Girl Bombs which has sadly never seen a release on commercial home video.

Beware - this band of bikini-clad cuties is licensed to kill... with comedy! Featuring Vincent Price and Frankie Avalon, with cameo apperances by Annette Funicello as a decapitated young lady, and Harvey Lembeck chained to his motorcycle. This sex-ational spy spoff is full of thrill-packed fun and gags. Deraged Dr. Goldfoot (Price) has a dream of taking over the universe! So the mad scientest invents a machine that builds sultry, bikni-clad, sexy chicks. Whom he programs to seduce the world's wealthiest men into signing over their fortunes, than permanently scratching them. But when Secret Agent (Avalon) learns of GOldfoot's evil plot, he knows he must destory these gorgeous gold diggers before losing his heart and possible his own live, to the hottest assassins ever built in the history of the 60's Beach Flicks. This is a great classic beach movie that also stars Dwayne Hickman, Susan Hart, Jack Mullaney, and Fred Clark. So if you want to relive the 60's Teen Flicks, watch Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine tonight, for a bundle of fun, laughs, and bikini-clad girls.

I have been watching some of the mid-sixties spy-spoofs lately and Dr. Goldfoot was near the top of my list. This one has a great title, a very unusual combination of characters (Frankie Avalon and Vincent Price!), and, as the cover says, "Super sexbots...built to kill!" Of course, campy films walk a fine line - if they don't work as a spoof they are silly, if not banal.

Fortunately, this one works out great, spoofing not only the Bond-era spy film, but also a number of other film and cultural icons of the '60s. Do you like Pink Panther films? Well, we have the bumbling detective - a common spoof between the two as they play the gap between collected spy and nervous screwball cop. Yet, as much as this movie reflects the larger '60s culture, it is also a tripartite fusion of Vincent Price B-grade horror, Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello (who makes a cameo appearance) beach gasser, and Kennedy-era high-tech spy thriller.

Bottom line: if you like early Bond or '60s camp, then this is a film to check out. Lots of interesting forgotten tidbits buried in here.