Directed by:
Richard LesterScreenplay:
George MacDonald FraserCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
Ken ThorneCast:
Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Florinda Bolkan, Oliver Reed, Tom Bell, Joss Ackland, Christopher Cazenove, Lionel Jeffries, Alastair Sim, Michael Hordern (more)Plots(1)
It is 19th Century Europe and Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is a gutless bully who seeks admission into European high society. Seeing a chance to promote their own menacing political schemes devious Otto von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) and Rudi Von Sternberg (Alan Bates) convince Flashman to disguise himself as a Prussian noble so that he can marry a gorgeous duchess (Britt Ekland). However, the hoax is discovered, and Flashman flees the continent, experiencing one calamity after another as well as some of history`s most significant events in this hilarious romp that might just make you laugh instead of marvel at the next comic book hero you encounter! (Odeon)
(more)Cast
Malcolm McDowell
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Raging Moon (1971)
Alan Bates
UK
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Florinda Bolkan
Brazil
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Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
Una Breve vacanza (1973)
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Oliver Reed
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Trap (1966)
Tom Bell
UK
Best movies:
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Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
Joss Ackland
UK
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Christopher Cazenove
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Lionel Jeffries
UK
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Lust for Life (1956)
Twelve Plus One (1969)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Alastair Sim
UK
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Scrooge (1951)
School for Scoundrels (1960)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
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Barry Lyndon (1975)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Britt Ekland
Sweden
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Slavers (1978)
Richard Pearson
UK
Best movies:
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Scrooge (1951)
Bob Hoskins
UK
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Brazil (1985)
David Jason
UK
Best movies:
Hogfather (2006) (TV movie)
The Water Babies (1978)
The Colour of Magic (2008) (TV movie)
John Stuart
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
Superman (1978)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Bob Peck
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
Lord of the Flies (1990)
Edge of Darkness (1985) (series)
Roger Hammond
UK
Best movies:
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Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV movie)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Rula Lenska
UK
Best movies:
Jesus (1979)
Royal Flash (1975)
The Seven Dials Mystery (1982) (TV movie)
Arthur Brough
UK
Best movies:
The Green Man (1956)
Royal Flash (1975)
Noel Johnson
UK
Best movies:
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Frenzy (1972)
Withnail and I (1987)