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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: cute comedy-spoof!
Review: DR GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE was AIP's attempt to carry on the famous "Beach Party" series in a new direction. Sadly, the films were not as successful and were canned.

In this rather obvious dig at "Goldfinger", DR GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE tells the story of the sneaky Dr Goldfoot (Vincent Price in a sly comedic performance), a mad scientist who creates sexy girl robots to seduce and marry rich men before robbing them blind and taking off with all their fortune!

However, when it comes to the young Secret Service agent Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon), Dr Goldfoot has met his match!

When the beautiful robot Diane (the striking Susan Hart) seduces a young billionaire (Dwayne Hickman), he enlists the help of Craig to help uncover what he is sure is a dreadful plan to rob him of his money.

Clever comedy that dissolves into the predictable with a formulaic slapstick car chase finale and features some macabre cameos from Annette Funicello and Harvey Lembeck as well as BEACH BLANKET BINGO co-star, the late Deborah Walley.

The Supremes sing the catchy title song.

The DVD includes the trailer. (Single-sided, single-layer disc).

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: cute comedy-spoof!
Review: DR GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE was AIP's attempt to carry on the famous "Beach Party" series in a new direction. Sadly, the films were not as successful and were canned.

In this rather obvious dig at "Goldfinger", DR GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE tells the story of the sneaky Dr Goldfoot (Vincent Price in a sly comedic performance), a mad scientist who creates sexy girl robots to seduce and marry rich men before robbing them blind and taking off with all their fortune!

However, when it comes to the young Secret Service agent Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon), Dr Goldfoot has met his match!

When the beautiful robot Diane (the striking Susan Hart) seduces a young billionaire (Dwayne Hickman), he enlists the help of Craig to help uncover what he is sure is a dreadful plan to rob him of his money.

Clever comedy that dissolves into the predictable with a formulaic slapstick car chase finale and features some macabre cameos from Annette Funicello and Harvey Lembeck as well as BEACH BLANKET BINGO co-star, the late Deborah Walley.

The Supremes sing the catchy title song.

The DVD includes the trailer. (Single-sided, single-layer disc).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Frankie Avalon plays secret agent "Craig Gamble"
Review: Frankie Avalon stars in this fun and funny comedy movie playing secret agent "Craig Gamble" and is good in the role.Frankie is like always at his best comedy acting.If you like Frankie then you will like the movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Frankie Avalon plays secret agent "Craig Gamble"
Review: Frankie Avalon stars in this fun and funny comedy movie playing secret agent "Craig Gamble" and is good in the role.Frankie is like always at his best comedy acting.If you like Frankie then you will like the movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Silly, campy fun
Review: I have to say that this movie made me laugh so hard at some points. I give it four stars because while I agree with the other reviewers that it is not an epic and it is somewhat silly, it is such a relief to see a spy spoof that is funny and clean.
I am one of those weird people who dislike grossout factors in some supposedly funny movies today. I won't name names.
But this movie has slapstick which I enjoy and campy behavior which I love. Frankie Avalon is loveable and a doof and the fellow that plays the rich guy that Frankie's character helps out (he also played Dobie Gillis, I think) is very funny and cute. Vincent Price did a wonderful job of comedy in this, while he can also be somewhat frightening. The cameo by Annette Funicello is wonderful too. The Supremes' theme song is also worth a listen.
Sometimes I yearn for the days when comedy was based on pratfalls and funny lines rather than how disgusting the writers can be in the space of one hour and 45 minutes. I also have to agree with another reviewer that it is nice to see women who are shaped like women, not sticks, and are still seen as sexy women.
This is a movie that will make you giggle and smile a lot. Catch it on AMC or try to rent it if you aren't sure, but I would say the DVD is worth the money.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Where are the robot girls now?
Review: I liked the robots. Nice girls. I liked robot 11, Diane, played by Susan Hart. Frankie Avalon, the bumbling secret agent was charming. A fun movie not to be taken seriously. I know San Francisco and how difficult it is to find parking and drive through the crowded strets in 2003 is. What a breeze was 1966. Uncrowded streets and parking was availble.

It would be sad to see how the beautiful Robot girls and Susan Hart look now in 2003. Aging spares nobody.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I recently purchased this film on dvd because my old copy that was taped off AMC finally gave out. This is a spoof on the spy craze of the time and it serves that purpose. Whenever I see this film, I think of another film that starred Vincent Price and Susan Hart and that is War gods of the deep. Both of these films were made around the same time, but Price and Hart both seemed tired in that film. Everyone in this film really seems like they had fun doing this picture. Vincent Price is really sharp delivering dialogue that would fall flat coming from someone else's mouth. The print is sharp and colorful and the original trailer is included.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: 3 Stooges fans take notice...
Review: No, Moe, Larry n Curly Joe do not appear in this film. But "Dr. Goldfoot's" co writer is Edward Ullman who wrote some of the Three Stooges' best scripts. This explains why a lot of Stooge style gags & lines appear throughout the film. It is fun hearing the great Vincent Price using dialog taylored for the great Moe Howard ("Why do you listen to me when I'm wrong!"). And the scene
where Avalon & Hickman try to escape only to encounter a different obsticle at each door was done in sevral of the Stooges' late 40s shorts (with Shemp).

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Very Funny, Surprisingly Good Plot, and Some Fine Sexy Women
Review: Okay, don't expect an epic film, but Mr. Vincent Price gives an excellent acting performance as an evil genius and the poor hapless chap who falls in love with this gorgeous, bikini-clad coed just to discover that she is a - can't give that away, but I can say that you will laugh and you will wish that this movie was rated a little more "PG-13" so that you could see some of the nice 1960's era bodies when the Ally McBeal look wasn't in style yet. A very funny movie that has a funnier ending and some good plot twists that make it worth owning!

Steve

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: If you like the dvd cover, you'll love the movie.
Review: Susan Hart. Vincent Price. All you need to know.

Especially Susan Hart.


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