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1965 American TV special From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot | |
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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 |
It aired on ABC as an episode of Shindig! in November 1965.[2]
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.
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.
Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner wrote the music and lyrics for the songs with Les Baxter as musical director. There are three main songs:
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