Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "Our Man Flint"(1965)

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[ReformationFan]

Since last week's MFASA was "In Like Flint", it just seemed like a good idea to post its predecessor. In one of the best of the 1960s Bond imitations, America's top secret agent Derek Flint battles an evil organization controlling the world's weather(I guess we could call them climate changers today?). Interesting to me as a conservative old classic movie fan in that the villains in both Flint pictures tended to be on the left(feminists in "In Like Flint" and eco-terrorists in "Our Man Flint"). Gila Golan a.k.a. Miss Israel 1961 makes a gorgeous leading lady. And the final third featuring Flint's adventures on Galaxy Island makes for a grand finish.

[packrat35]

[who knows what evil?]

Flint movies were a blast!

[ReformationFan]

Yes, Flint and his femme squad’s delirious reaction at the exploding of Galaxy Island is a memorable moment in 1960s spy cinema. Ominously, the anti-American eagle manages to escape but doesn’t turn up in “In Like Flint”.

[ReformationFan]

Agreed. I love ‘em both. Whenever I watch one, I feel like I need to watch the other. They just go together so well.

[Yo-Yo]

Love James Colburn in the Fint movies. But how do you explain the English subtitles to an English version movie?

[JennysCool]

Coburn was the height of cool, all the way to the end (in Mel Gibson’s “Maverick” for instance).

[dr_lew]

I've always wondered about the technical details of the famous Hotline ringtone, which became sort of a character in its own right. It seems to involve several interleaved electronic tones which have a fairly raw edge to them. I don't think it was done with a synthesizer, per se, as it was early days for that, but I do think it was electronic.

[rockrr]

If you want camp check out “The Silencers” with Dean Martin as semi-retired secret agent Matt Helm. You can’t tell if they did this movie straight-faced or if it was all designed to be a joke.

[Yo-Yo]

I agree that the hotline tones are iconic. I would assume that rudimentary tone generators existed back then, since the Touch Tone telephone dialing system was designed in the same era.

[Yo-Yo]

Oh, Matt Helm movies were pure parody.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Good chance to get a World Class Ringtone...

[Argus]

Gila Golan was sort of the Ziva David of her day.

[Daffynition]

ping

[Paladin2]

Hearing impaired and those who just like to watch with the sound off (like at work).

[Cincinatus]

Funny that -- I have the "Our Man Flint" ring tone programmed in my iPhone. A twenty-something woman I work with noticed it one day and she asked me "Where is that from?" I told her it was from a classic mid-1960's spy movie. She looked puzzled for a minute and then said, "Oh, now I remember -- it was in Austin Powers!"

New generation, no historical memory.....

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

The theme from ‘Highway Patrol’ (50’s TV Show) is excellent also.

[tallyhoe]

Flint movies were a blast!

They were!!

[ReformationFan]

Zita David? I have to admit I have not heard of that name before. Miss Golan also auditioned for the title role on "I Dream of Jeannie." While she did not get the part, she did make a guest appearance as a Mid-East princess whose family had a feud with Jeannie's family in one of my favorite episodes:

[ReformationFan]

Oh I’ve seen that one. It’s definitely a comedy. Stella Stevens gives an excellent comedice performance in a part that’s kinda like a mixture of Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe.