The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot explained

Director:Mel Ferber
Starring:Vincent Price
Tommy Kirk
Aron Kincaid
Music:Les Baxter
Country:United States
Language:English
Producer:Louis M. Heyward
Runtime:30 minutes
Company:AIP-TV
Network:ABC

The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot was a 30-minute TV special which was a sequel to Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965).[1]

It aired on ABC as an episode of Shindig! in November 1965.[2]

Plot

Dr. Goldfoot and his assistant Hugo send their robot woman Diane to entrap Malcolm Andrews, who contains all the knowledge of the world in his head. Diane sets out to seduce Andrews but is stopped by government agent 00 of Security Intelligence Command (SIC). Diane and the agent begin a romance, and Goldfoot and Hugo capture Andrews.

Diane brings the agent to Goldfoot's lair where Goldfoot intends to kill him. However Diane turns against Goldfoot and overpowers him. There is a floorshow.

Cast

Production

According to Susan Hart, the film was the idea of Ruth Pologe, head of AIP publicity in the New York office, who arranged with ABC to do a special relating to the picture.[3] Jack Baker did the choreography.

Songs

Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner wrote the music and lyrics for the songs with Les Baxter as musical director. There are three main songs:

Notes and References

  1. Diabolique Magazine. Stephen. Vagg. The Cinema of Tommy Kirk. 9 September 2019.
  2. News: Warners Buys First Novel. Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times. Nov 10, 1965. d18.
  3. Tom Weaver, "Susan Hart", Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews, McFarland, 2003 p 134