The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot

1965 American TV special

The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot
Written by	Stanley Ross Louis M. Heyward
Directed by	Mel Ferber
Starring	Vincent Price Tommy Kirk Aron Kincaid
Music by	Les Baxter
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Louis M. Heyward
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	AIP-TV
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 18, 1965 (1965-11-18)

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 001⁄2 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

Vincent Price as Dr. Goldfoot
Tommy Kirk as Malcolm Andrews
Susan Hart as Diane
Aron Kincaid as Agent 00½
Harvey Lembeck as Hugo
Patti Chandler
Mary Hughes
Sally Sachse
Luree Holmes
Sue Hamilton
Ed Garner

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:

"Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" – sung over the opening credits.
"It Works" – a number sung by Hugo (Harvey Lembeck), explaining the machine.
"What's a Boy Supposed to Do?" – a love duet between Susan Hart and Aron Kincaid.
"Among the Young" – an instrumental number performed while Goldfoot's robots do a dance.

References

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