Flashman (film)

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

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]

Release and reception

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

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

• List of Italian films of 1967

References

Footnotes

1. Cowie & Elley 1977, p. 317.
2. Curti 2016, p. 67.
3. Curti 2016, p. 68.

Sources

• 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.

External links

• Flashman at the Internet Movie Database