Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)

Director:

Norman Taurog

Writers:

Robert Kaufman (screenplay)
James H. Nicholson (story)
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Release Date:

6 November 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

See Cuddly BIKINI GIRLS Made To Order!

Plot:

Dr. Goldfoot has invented an army of bikini-clad robots who are programmed to seek out wealthy men and charm them into signing over their assets. Craig Gamble and Todd Armstrong set out to foil the fiendish plot.

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Parody | Plan | Torture | Secret Agent

Cast

Vincent Price	...	Dr. Goldfoot
Frankie Avalon	...	Craig Gamble
Dwayne Hickman	...	Todd Armstrong
Susan Hart	...	Diane
Jack Mullaney	...	Igor
Fred Clark	...	Donald J. Pevney
Patti Chandler	...	Robot
Mary Hughes	...	Robot
Salli Sachse	...	Robot
Luree Holmes	...	Robot
Sue Hamilton	...	Robot
Laura Nicholson	...	Robot
Marianne Gaba	...	Robot
China Lee	...	Robot
Issa Arnal	...	Robot
Deanna Lund	...	Robot
Pamela Rodgers	...	Robot #12 (as Pam Rodgers)
Leslie Summers	...	Robot
Sally Frei	...	Robot
Kay Michaels	...	Robot
Jan Watson	...	Robot
Arlene Charles	...	Robot
Alberta Nelson	...	Reject #12
Milton Frome	...	Motorcycle Cop
Hal Riddle	...	News Vendor
William Baskin	...	Guard
Vince Barnett	...	Janitor (as Vincent J. Barnett)
Joe Ploski	...	Cook
Kaye Elhardt	...	Girl in Nightclub
David Sharpe
Bob Harris		(as Robert Harris)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.		(as Ronnie Rondell)
Carey Loftin
Louie Elias
Troy Melton
Marie Ann Leslie
Ronnie Dayton		(as Ron Dayton)
Paul Stader
Harvey Parry
Jerry Summers
Fred Stromsoe
Diane De Marco	...	Singer at Condor Club
Annette Funicello	...	Girl in Dungeon
Deborah Walley	...	Craig's Cafeteria Date
Harvey Lembeck	...	Motorcycle Thug in Dungeon
Aron Kincaid	...	Motorist Who Hits Diane
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charlene Glazer	...	Girl (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan	...	Robot Dancer (uncredited)
Peter Sachse	...	Passerby (uncredited)

Directed by
Norman Taurog

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Louis M. Heyward		uncredited
Robert Kaufman		screenplay
James H. Nicholson		story (as James Hartford)
Elwood Ullman		screenplay

Produced by
Samuel Z. Arkoff	....	producer
Anthony Carras	....	co-producer
James H. Nicholson	....	producer

Original Music by
Les Baxter

Cinematography by
Sam Leavitt

Film Editing by
Fred R. Feitshans Jr.		(as Fred Feitshans)
Eve Newman
Ronald Sinclair

Art Direction by
Daniel Haller

Set Decoration by
Clarence Steensen

Costume Design by
Richard Bruno

Makeup Department
Ted Coodley	....	makeup artist
Ray Forman	....	hair stylist (as Ray Foreman)
Jon Peters	....	hair stylist: Miss Hart

Production Management
Jack Bohrer	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Binyon Jr.	....	assistant director

Art Department
Karl Brainard	....	property master (as Karl R. Brainard)
Ross Hahn	....	construction coordinator
Richard M. Rubin	....	property master

Sound Department
Vernon W. Kramer	....	sound (as Vern Kramer)
Terrance Emerson	....	sound cable (uncredited)
James Nelson	....	supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Roger George	....	special effects
Art Griggs	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Stunts
Ronnie Dayton	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Dockstader	....	stunts (uncredited)
Louie Elias	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Harris	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carey Loftin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Stader	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Stromsoe	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Summers	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alva Roy Hicks	....	grip (uncredited)

Music Department
Al Simms	....	music supervisor
Albert Harris	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Albert Harris	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Jack Baker	....	choreographer
Wallace C. Bennett	....	script supervisor (as Wallace Bennett)
Art Clokey	....	title designer: main titles
George Dockstader	....	motorcycle coordinator
Michael A. Hoey	....	dialogue coach

Production Companies

• American International Pictures (AIP)

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1989) (Greece) (VHS)
• Orion Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• TGG Direct (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• World Beyond Video (video)

Special Effects

• Butler-Glouner (photographic effects)

Other Companies

• Butler-Glouner  end titles
• Nelson-Corso  sound effects
• Vox Company  musical instruments

Also Known As:

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:13 | USA:G (1980 re-release) | Australia:G | Australia:M (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

A number of cast including Dwayne Hickman, Annette Funicello, and Harvey Lembeck appeared in another 'Bikini' title movie in the same year that this film was released. It was called How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) and was from the same American International Pictures studio. A number of crew worked on both movies as well.

Goofs:

Continuity: Craig is driving the street in a red 1965 Plymouth Fury convertible. When he spots Diane walking down the sidewalk. When he hurriedly pulls over to the curb the car changes to a red 1965 Dodge Coronet convertible. After she rebuffs any knowledge of knowing him he drives away shown magically back in the Fury convertible again.

Quotes:

Donald J. Penney, SIC man:Sometimes I suspect that you forget you're a member of Secret Intelligence Command. You're a SIC man.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fantastic Fantasy Fright-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Bikini Machine

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.