Stars: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare, Benson Fong

Director: Gordon Douglas

Summary: A action double pack featuring 'In Like Flint' which finds the American secret agent Derek Flint on the trail of an organisation called Galaxy. In 'Our Man Flint' the secret agent must take on a group of powerful women who have developed a brain washing system, housed in salon hairdryers...

These two comic send-ups of James Bond films feature James Coburn as Derek Flint, a dapper secret agent who, like 007, uses wacky contraptions to get himself out of sticky situations. And, like Bond, he's habitually surrounded by beauteous babes. In OUR MAN FLINT, a trio of mad scientists devise a way to rule the world by manipulating the Earth's climate. Flint is hired by Z.O.W.I.E. (The Zonal Organization for World Intelligence and Espionage) to use his powers of deduction, destruction, and, most of all, seduction to save the day. The film's sequel, IN LIKE FLINT, finds the ladies' man battling a group of powerful and beautiful renegade women who plot to take over the world. They wish to create a race of female soldiers by brainwashing women with a device planted inside beauty salon hairdryers. Austin Powers would be proud.

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There's really been only one rival to James Bond: Derek Flint in the swinging-60s action-comedies Our Man Flint(1966) and In Like Flint(1967). That's because of James Coburn's special brand of American cool. He's so cool, in fact, that he doesn't care to save the world. That is, until he's personally threatened. He's a true libertarian, with more gadgets and girls than Bond, but with none of his stress or responsibility.

Our Man Flintfinds our unflappable hero thwarting mad scientists who control the weather--and an island of pleasure drones. Lee J Cobb costars as Flint's flustered superior, and Edward Mulhare plays a British nemesis with snob appeal. For fans of Austin Powers, incidentally, the funny-sounding phone comes from the Flintfilms. However, Our Man Flint's best gadget remains the watch that enables Flint to feign death. There's a great Jerry Goldsmith score, too.

There was bound to be a sequel, and In Like Flintdelivers the same kind of zany fun as its predecessor. Flint is recruited once again by Lee J Cobb to be the government's top secret agent, this time to solve a mishap involving the President. It turns out, the Chief Executive has been replaced by an evil duplicate. The new plan for world domination involves feminine aggression, and Flint, with his overpowering charisma, is just the man to turn the hostile forces around. In Like Flintis still over the top, but some of the novelty has worn off, and it doesn't have quite the same edge as the original. Even Jerry Goldsmith's score is a bit more subdued. But the film still has James Coburn and that funny phone. --Bill Desowitz

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Theatrical Trailers, Scene Access, Interactive Menus
Year:	1966
Release Date:	June 2, 2003
Runtime:	105 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	01762 D V D
Keywords:	Man, Action, Like, Our, Double, Pack, General, Wide, Screen, Adventure, Flint
Genre:	Action/Adventure