If one is looking for an Academy Award winning film to view or make sense out of, ...this isn't it! This is an outlandish tongue-in-cheek fun movie to see and the cast is having a good time in doing it. The picture bundles the spy concept of the Bond movies with the Beach films that were popular with teens in the '60s and throws in some Edgar Allen Poe horror element (with a comedic twist), courtesy of Vincent Price.
Vincent Price provides an over the top humorous campy type portrayal of the title character. He does it so well (facial expressions and all) that he makes the storyline work and there could be no other actor to pull this off! He and Jack Mullaney as his sidekick, Igor work well together for the laughs as he tries to gain control of the world through the use of his Bikini Machine. Susan Hart is a sweetheart, looker, and manipulator. Though she can be forgetful and fooled. She has these characteristics as a Bikini Girl (a "robot" that uses various speaking dialects) created by Dr. Goldfoot that leaves whoever she comes in to contact with, spellbound; as do the other bikini clad female robots to carry out Dr. Goldfoot's sinister plot.
To foil Dr. Goldfoot are Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman. Avalon and Hickman have very good chemistry together and bumble their way through miscellaneous situations while trying to gain the attention (affection) of Susan Hart (and of course to stop Goldfoot). Fred Clark also makes an appearance as part of the "good guys" and adds to the eccentricity.
There is a comedic chase scene towards the end (what's a spy flick without one of these?) and humorous cameos by known actors of the time.
The best part of the picture has to be the opening sequence and theme. Claymation (of Gumby fame and a product of the '50s and '60s) is wonderfully done for the credits. Couple this segment to the Motown Sound of the Supremes (the most popular girl group of the '60s; with Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Florence Ballard) magnificently performing the bizarre (but catchy) theme, "Dr. Goldfoot And His Bikini Machine." Motown courtesy loaned the trio to American International Pictures. It's an added treat and terrific way to musically open and close the motion-picture!
Vincent Price provides an over the top humorous campy type portrayal of the title character. He does it so well (facial expressions and all) that he makes the storyline work and there could be no other actor to pull this off! He and Jack Mullaney as his sidekick, Igor work well together for the laughs as he tries to gain control of the world through the use of his Bikini Machine. Susan Hart is a sweetheart, looker, and manipulator. Though she can be forgetful and fooled. She has these characteristics as a Bikini Girl (a "robot" that uses various speaking dialects) created by Dr. Goldfoot that leaves whoever she comes in to contact with, spellbound; as do the other bikini clad female robots to carry out Dr. Goldfoot's sinister plot.
To foil Dr. Goldfoot are Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman. Avalon and Hickman have very good chemistry together and bumble their way through miscellaneous situations while trying to gain the attention (affection) of Susan Hart (and of course to stop Goldfoot). Fred Clark also makes an appearance as part of the "good guys" and adds to the eccentricity.
There is a comedic chase scene towards the end (what's a spy flick without one of these?) and humorous cameos by known actors of the time.
The best part of the picture has to be the opening sequence and theme. Claymation (of Gumby fame and a product of the '50s and '60s) is wonderfully done for the credits. Couple this segment to the Motown Sound of the Supremes (the most popular girl group of the '60s; with Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Florence Ballard) magnificently performing the bizarre (but catchy) theme, "Dr. Goldfoot And His Bikini Machine." Motown courtesy loaned the trio to American International Pictures. It's an added treat and terrific way to musically open and close the motion-picture!