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Flashman
Directed byMino Loy
Screenplay byErnesto Gastaldi
Story byErnesto Gastaldi[1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFloriano Trenker[1]
Edited byEugenio Alabiso[1]
Music byFranco Tamponi[1]
Production
company
Zenith Cinematografica[1]
Distributed byIndipendenti Regionali
Release date
  • 1967 (1967) (Italy)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]

Flashman is a 1967 Italian film directed by Mino Loy and written by Ernesto Gastaldi.

Cast

  • Paolo Gozlino as Lord Alex Burman / John Smith / Flashman
  • Claudie Lange as Alika
  • Ivano Staccioli as Kid
  • Jacques Ary as Inspector Baxter
  • Micaela Pignatelli as Nevenka
  • Anne Marie Williams as Sheila

Production

For the script Ernesto Gastaldi was inspired by H.G. Wells' novella The Invisible Man.[3] Gastaldi noted that the starting point for the films development was comic books and director Mino Loy's desire to develop a film with special effects involving partially reflecting mirrors.[3] It was directed by Mino Loy, whose real name was Guglielmo Loy Donà. It was his third last film as a director.[3]

Paolo Gozlino [it] acted in the film under the name Paul Stevens.[4] Gozlino was a well-known dancer and choreographer in Italy mostly due to his appears in many television shows.[4]

Release and reception

Flashman was released in Italy in 1967 where it was distributed by Indipendenti Regionali.[2][1]

In a retrospective film historian Roberto Curti noted that the special effects vary in quality throughout the film, ranging from objects on visible fishing wire and poor miniature work while praising the work on the invisibility effects.[3]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Curti 2016, p. 67.
  2. ^ a b Cowie & Elley 1977, p. 317.
  3. ^ a b c d Curti 2016, p. 68.
  4. ^ a b Curti 2017, p. 340.

Sources

  • Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 0498015653. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476628386. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)


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