This one has a great title, but what about the film? Well, its not bad actually, even if you can't help but think it could easily have been better. Its another mid-60's effort which could be categorized under either the spy-spoof and/or master-criminal subcategories. Of the latter there's good old Vincent Price as Dr. Goldfoot who is an evil genius who builds bikini-clad female robots to go out and seduce the world's wealthiest men; while of the former, we have Frankie Avalon, replete with Lego haircut, who is a secret agent tasked with stopping him. The storyline is complete nonsense of course but that's par for the course when it comes to campy 60's efforts like this and what makes them generally work is how good the gloss is which encases the plotline.
The good in this one first. Vincent Price is always a fun actor to watch and here is no different, even if he isn't given a whole lot to do aside from wearing a pair of gold Ali Baba slippers but better still is Susan Hart who steals the show as the lead fembot in a very cute and funny performance. The general idea of the bikini babe bots is a good one even if they aren't really utilised very well in the film as a whole. Another definite plus comes from the claymation title sequence improbably scored with a theme song by The Supremes. All these positive elements are undermined at least somewhat by the comedy, which falls flat mostly and there is most definitely too much of Frankie Avalon and not nearly enough of Susan Hart, meaning the film doesn't really capitalise on its best character and we are left with Frankie and his mate mugging to camera with their slapstick comedy routines when really we should be spending more time with Susan seducing more rich knuckleheads. But on the whole, despite a few shortfalls, this one has enough agreeable 60's charm about it to ensure its worth a spin.
The good in this one first. Vincent Price is always a fun actor to watch and here is no different, even if he isn't given a whole lot to do aside from wearing a pair of gold Ali Baba slippers but better still is Susan Hart who steals the show as the lead fembot in a very cute and funny performance. The general idea of the bikini babe bots is a good one even if they aren't really utilised very well in the film as a whole. Another definite plus comes from the claymation title sequence improbably scored with a theme song by The Supremes. All these positive elements are undermined at least somewhat by the comedy, which falls flat mostly and there is most definitely too much of Frankie Avalon and not nearly enough of Susan Hart, meaning the film doesn't really capitalise on its best character and we are left with Frankie and his mate mugging to camera with their slapstick comedy routines when really we should be spending more time with Susan seducing more rich knuckleheads. But on the whole, despite a few shortfalls, this one has enough agreeable 60's charm about it to ensure its worth a spin.