The Man Called Flintstone (1966)

In this feature-length film based on the "Flintstones" TV show, secret agent Rock Slag is injured during a chase in Bedrock. Slag's chief decides to replace the injured Slag with Fred ... See full summary »

Directors:

Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Writers:

Harvey Bullock (screenplay), R.S. Allen (screenplay)

Stars:

Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Alan Reed	...	Fred Flintstone (voice)
Mel Blanc	...	Barney Rubble / Dino (voice)
Jean Vander Pyl	...	Wilma Flintstone (voice)
Gerry Johnson	...	Betty Rubble (voice)
Don Messick	...	Additional voices (voice)
Janet Waldo	...	Additional voices (voice)
Paul Frees	...	Rock Slag / Green Goose / Triple X (voice)
Harvey Korman	...	Chief Mountmore / Additional Voices (voice)
John Stephenson	...	Vet (voice)
June Foray	...	Tanya Malichite (voice)

Storyline

In this feature-length film based on the "Flintstones" TV show, secret agent Rock Slag is injured during a chase in Bedrock. Slag's chief decides to replace the injured Slag with Fred Flintstone, who just happens to look like him. The trip takes Fred to Paris and Rome, which is good for Wilma, Barney, and Betty-but can Fred foil the mysterious Green Goose's evil plan for a destructive missile without letting his wife and friends in on his secret?

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Plot Keywords:

secret agent | agent | espionage | caveman | rome italy | 

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Taglines:

See the slingshot-shoe! He stamps his foot and bye-bye spy! See the helicopter-hat! Spin the bone and away we go! See the beak-a-phone! Fred's secret recording device!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Music

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 August 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Flintstones in The Man Called Flintstone

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastman Color by Pathé)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The DVD was released outside the United States only, because Columbia Pictures owned the rights to the songs used in the movie. Only after the rights to the songs cleared in August 2008 was the movie released in the United States of America.

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Goofs

Rock Slag disappears in back of the desk at the pizza place (after he got knocked out by Barney), when The Chief makes a Phone call and Fred leaves with Tayna.

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Quotes

Green Goose: Take It Easy Slag Its Only Me Triple X

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Crazy Credits

An animated Columbia logo tag with Wilma holding the torch replaces the more traditional tag.

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Connections

Follows The Flintstones (1960)

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Soundtracks

"The Happy Sounds of Pareé"
Written by Doug Goodwin
Performed by Leo DeLyon

User Reviews

Benign

The 1994 big screen version of "The Flintstones" was undeniably atrocious, so if you want a decent "Flintstones" movie, then "The Man Called Flintstone" works (if only marginally). The plot has secret agent Rock Slang, who just happens to be Fred Flinstone's doppelganger, getting injured and replaced with Fred. This not only complicates Fred's vacation plans, but makes him the target of spies Ali and Bobo (fortunately for Fred, these guys are beyond incompetent). In the end, Fred's big mission is to stop master criminal Green Goose from destroying the world.

Okay, so this movie won't challenge your mind or anything (and I guess that it does go overboard at times), but at least it's not a travesty of the show (I can't say the same for the 1994 movie). This one passes.