Flashman (film)

1967 Italian film

Flashman

Directed by	Mino Loy
Screenplay by	Ernesto Gastaldi
Story by	Ernesto Gastaldi^[1]
Produced by	Mino Loy Luciano Martino ^[2]
Starring	Paolo Gozlino Claudie Lange Ivano Staccioli
Cinematography	Floriano Trenker^[1]
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso ^[1]
Music by	Franco Tamponi^[1]
Production company	Zenith Cinematografica^[1]
Distributed by	Indipendenti Regionali
Release date	1967 (1967) (Italy)
Running time	96 minutes^[1]
Country	Italy^[1]

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

Cast

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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

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For the script Ernesto Gastaldi was inspired by H.G. Wells' novella The Invisible Man .^[3] Gastaldi noted that the starting point for the film's 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

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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]

References

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Footnotes

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

Sources

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Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 0498015653.
Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.