Royal Flash Movie Review 1975

Satirical adventure picture, witty and fast paced, with a few real life period characters thrown in for good measure. Cowardly swashbuckler Flashman, wanting to enter high society, is used to advance a political cause when he is forced to impersonate a Prussian nobleman and marry a duchess. Script by Fraser and based on his series of novels featuring the Flashman character.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comic Adventure, Swashbucklers

Screenplay

George MacDonald Fraser

Cast

Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Florinda Bolkan, Oliver Reed, Britt Ekland, Lionel Jeffries, Tom Bell, Alastair Sim, Michael Hordern, Joss Ackland, Christopher Cazenove, Bob Hoskins

Cinematography

Geoffrey Unsworth

Director

Richard Lester