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The dungeon and torture sequence incorporates long shots which are footage of Vincent Price lifted from the Pit and the Pendulum. The torture chamber art and set direction was by the same art director Daniel Haller and these scenes in this movie evoked his work on these such Edgar Allan Poe adaptations for Roger Corman which also starred Vincent Price.
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In this movie Frankie Avalon plays Craig Gamble and Dwayne Hickman plays Todd Armstrong. In Ski Party, Avalon plays Todd Armstrong and Hickman plays Craig Gamble. They switched characters!
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First of two theatrical Dr. Goldfoot movies. The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot was a made for television special to promote this movie apparently using musical sequences edited out of this film. The second Dr. Goldfoot movie was Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs [Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs], made a year later.
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A number of the cast were Beach Party stars from American International Pictures' beach party films. This film was the studio's attempt to take those films into a new area.
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In a 1987 interview with David Del Valle, star Vincent Price said of this film: "It could have been fun, but they cut all the music out".
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The film was only a moderate box-office success in America but a big hit in Italy and as such this film's sequel Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs [Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs] was shot in Italy with an Italian director Mario Bava and with two Italian comedic movie stars, Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia.
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Upon release, this film was American International Pictures' most expensive to date - over US $1 million.
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This film was made and released quickly and only about a year after the James Bond film Goldfinger had launched in the USA. It parodies certain elements from it, particularly its title.
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The movie's title song has lyrics which state "Dr. Goldfoot and his bikini machine" which was actually the film's original title but had been changed to 'Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine' prior to release.
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Dr. Goldfoot is the only character to appear in both Dr Goldfoot movies, this film and its sequel, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs [aka Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs.
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The Dr Goldfoot character is so named as he wears both golden pixie slippers and a black and gold jacket whilst it is alluded to briefly in the movie that Dr Goldfoot actually has golden feet.
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Picture painting portraits of Goldfoot's ancestors include likenesses of various Vincent Price movie characters including Verden Fell from The Tomb of Ligeia and Roderick Usher from House of Usher.
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About six months after this film was released, studio American International Pictures launched another 'Bikini' title picture, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, itself being released just six months prior to the sequel, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs.
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This picture was released in the UK as 'Dr. G. and the Bikini Machine' due to legal action launched by a London medic called Doctor Goldfoot.
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This movie and its sequel Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs are two of the key films that have been said to have been a major influence on the Austin Powers film franchise.
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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 and was from the same American International Pictures studio. A number of crew worked on both movies as well.
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