In Like Flint (1967)

Super-spy Flint takes on a cabal of women plotting to rule the world.

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writer:

Hal Fimberg

Stars:

James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Coburn	...	Derek Flint
Lee J. Cobb	...	Lloyd C. Cramden
Jean Hale	...	Lisa
Andrew Duggan	...	President Trent
Anna Lee	...	Elisabeth
Hanna Hertelendy	...	Helena (as Hanna Landy)
Totty Ames	...	Simone
Steve Ihnat	...	Carter
Thomas Hasson	...	Lt. Avery
Mary Michael	...	Terry
Diane Bond	...	Jan
Jacqueline Ray	...	Denise (as Jacki Ray)
Herb Edelman	...	Russian Premier
Yvonne Craig	...	Natasha, the Ballerina
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	...	Austin (as Buzz Henry)

Storyline

Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed three minutes while golfing with the president. Flint finds that the president has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") Flint finds that a group of women have banded together to take over the world through subliminal brainwashing in beauty salons they own.

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Plot Keywords:

doppelganger | spy adventure | reference to john c calhoun | reference to batman | espionage | 

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Taglines:

The Original Man of Mystery!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 March 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flint misión insólita

Filming Locations:

Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica

Box Office

Budget:

$3,775,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$11,000,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (DeLuxe) Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A comment is made "What the hell is this? Sadie Hawkins day?". Sadie Hawkins Day is an annual event that occurs in the fiction world of Li'l Abner (and which was a popular theme for school dances in the sixties and seventies), the comic character written by Al Capp. In the comics, it is the day on which a footrace is held in the hillbilly town of Dogpatch between the community's eligible women and all the eligible bachelors. If a woman catches a man, he has to marry her. In popular culture, a Sadie Hawkins dance is a "backward" dance where the girl does everything from asking the boy to the dance to picking him up and taking him home.

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Goofs

When Flint is first in Cramden's office, the fake-pencil eavesdropping device is lying broken on the floor, but the wire powering the little blinking light inside can be seen running across the carpet.

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Quotes

[Flint is introduced to the four top women behind everything that has been happening]
Flint: But I know all of you ladies.
[Flint points to them in turn]
Flint: Fashions. Cosmetics. Publications. Communications. You're all very famous ladies. What you don't manage you control. What you don't control you, influence. What you don't influence you probably one day will inherit.
Flint: That's very well put Mr. Flint. Don't you agree ladies?

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Connections

Referenced in Future Perfect (2006)

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Soundtracks

Hail To The Chief
(uncredited)
Music by James Sanderson
Arranged by Jerry Goldsmith

User Reviews

Kinda dated now, but still fun

Basically another in the endless series of Bond-knockoffs of the late 60's, the second Flynt movie (for some reason I keep missing the first one) is fun enough as a semi-parody. It's nowhere nearly as offensive/dumb as the Matt Helm stuff. Coburn makes a decent superman spy, although his lanky physique makes him look rather ungainly in the fight sequences (only Ted Danson looks more awkward). It's your basic Cold War type movie with some women who want to rule the world (and *oh the humanity* are betrayed by the military man they put their trust in, played by a fiendish Steve Inhat) tossed in.