JohnHowardReid It wasn't long, of course, before imitators and spoofs of "Doctor No" appeared on the scene. One of the most promising of the spoofs, Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) (available on a 10/10 M-G-M DVD) also turned out to be one of the most inept, thanks to clumsy, heavy-handed direction by out-of-his-element Norman Taurog and an over-strained script which forced Vincent Price to overplay his witless role. Admittedly, Fred Clark and Jack Mullaney contribute a few bright moments, and the bikini girls, led by Susan Hart are super-attractive, but all are eventually defeated by the weak inanities of a hastily-boiled script that totally fails to make an iota of sense even on its own comic strip level. True, the film has high spirits and a climax involving a footloose cable car. It also reputedly cost American International $1,000,000. I don't believe it! I'd say it was shot super-cheap using standing sets, back projection and obvious doubles.

mark.waltz Taking Disney style comedy and adding an adult twist to it, American International purposely went way over the top and succeeded. Deliberate humor often lands like a cow patty in a pasture, but here, the patty is filled with gold nuggets. Escaping from doomed barons and vicious monsters, Vincent Price is having a gay old time as an effete mad scientist who creates beautiful robots to seduce and marry vulnerable rich men in hopes of getting his hands on their estates. With an idiotic assistant named Igor, Price continues to bungle each scheme thanks to the interference of the love struck Frankie Avalon who falls in love with bikini clad #11 (Susan Hart), set up by the complete dunce Igor (Jack Mullaney) who makes Gilligan seem like the professor.This greatly uses the streets of San Francisco for location shooting, starting off the film on Lombard Street and ending up in Dr. Goldfoot's lair returning to the streets for a wacky chase similar to those in "What's Up, Doc?" and "Foul Play". Avalon works for his eccentric uncle (Fred Clark) who keeps falling prey to Avalon's clumsiness. Avalon joins forces with Dwayne Hickman who made the unfortunate decision to marry the lovely but unloving Hart.Often, deliberate camp does not come off well, especially when the actor's tongues are so far in their cheek that they could drill oil. But everybody seems to be having so much fun that it becomes generally hard not to root them on, especially when Price returns to the pit and the pendulum. While this gets a rather high rating from me, I could hardly call this award worthy, but I could have gobbled down two large popcorns with this at the drive-in and drink a super large coke and never want to leave my car to go to the restroom or take a break on the outdoor slides. A fun title song sung by the Supremes (unseen) helps get the show started.

MartinHafer "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" is a low-brow film from American International Pictures and stars some of the same folks you might see in one of their beach movies. Because of this, you really cannot expect too much. It ain't "Gone With the Wind" or "Gigi"!The film is about a mad scientist, Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) creating a bunch of gorgeous lady robots. His plan is actually rather mundane--to marry these robots off to rich guys and then use them to steal their fortunes. The first of these (Dwayne Hickman) is an easy dupe, as he's a bit addle-brained. But the hero (Frankie Avalon) soon uncovers the plot and sets out to expose Goldfoot and his bizarre plan.This movie is about evil beautiful robots and features very limp humor and acting. However, despite this, the film never tries to be anything else! Yes, it's happy to be a dopey picture that would only appeal to undiscerning teenagers...and nothing more. For anyone with taste, it's probably not a film worth seeing...but it is curiously fun, albeit stupid.

TedMichaelMor Even though this is a funny spoof of the dreadful James Bond franchise and has good performances, the film is visually boring and ugly. I wanted location shots beyond the view opening travelogue images. I wanted interesting camera work. Even music by the Supremes does nothing to overcome the pervasive ugliness in what might have been wonderfully stupid fun. Even Susan Hart cannot redeem it.I confess that I finally turned over to a "Simpson" parody of Christmas movies. I screamed for mercy when I realised what this movie had in store for me. The Simpson's parody of Sesame Street was terrific. Patti Chandler, Mary Hughes, Salli Sachse, and even China Lee appear here. Her brother Mike Lee knew one of my friends. That gives this work a personal touch. I do very much like the outside images from San Francisco when they do appear. This movie had a lot going for it; I wish it had been enough. It just is not good enough to rate a 9. It is not a nihilist masterpiece. That was "Ski Party" with the same cast and themes.