In Like Flint

Unrated

3/15/19671h 54m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ FLINT'S BACK In Action... In Danger... In the Virgin Islands... Where the Bad Guys... Are Girls! ~

Overview:

Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 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 Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?")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.

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$3,775,000.00

Revenue:

$11,000,000.00

Key words:

spacecraft
sexuality
rocket
bikini
listening device
super spy

Cast

James Coburn

~ as ~

Derek Flint

Lee J. Cobb

~ as ~

Lloyd C. Cramden

Jean Hale

~ as ~

Lisa

Andrew Duggan

~ as ~

U.S. President Trent

Anna Lee

~ as ~

Elisabeth

Hanna Landy

~ as ~

Helena

Totty Ames

~ as ~

Simone

Steve Ihnat

~ as ~

General Carter

Thomas Hasson

~ as ~

Lieutenant Avery

Mary Michael

~ as ~

Terry

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 4 year(s) ago
5
Tedious sequel put an end to the franchise

Super-spy Derek Flint (James Coburn) takes on a cabal of female tycoons who work from a tropical spa located in the Virgin Islands. Their plan to take over the world begins with replacing the president with an impersonator (Andrew Duggan). Lee J. Cobb and Jean Hale costar. Yvonne Craig shows up as a Russian ballerina.

"In Like Flint" (1967) is a mid-60’s spy send-up in the manner of the Matt Helm flicks and “Fathom.” It’s not an outrageous spoof, like the TV show Get Smart, but takes the relatively low-key route. Everything is here for a quality movie of this sort, including loads of 60’s babes, but the story isn’t compelling and the creators didn’t seem to know how to take advantage of their feminine resources (not talkin’ ’bout nudity or sleaze).

This was the second in the Flint series after “Our Man Flint” from the previous year, but the slashed budget and tiresome story put the kibosh on the franchise. It’s still worth checking out though for a few amusing scenes and the authentic mid-60’s ambiance (authentic because that’s when it was made). Coburn was certainly the king of cool at the time and it wasn’t his fault the script & general filmmaking were below par.

The film is overlong at 1 hour, 54 minutes. It was shot in Jamaica (Montego Bay & Dunn's River Falls) and Los Angeles (Century City & Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant).

GRADE: C