Our Man Flint


Our Man Flint is a 1966 American action film that parodies the James Bond genre. The film was directed by Daniel Mann, written by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr, and starring James Coburn as master spy Derek Flint. The main premise of the film is that a trio of mad scientists attempt to blackmail the world with a weathercontrol machine.

Flint decides to take them on after a preemptive assassination attempt by Galaxys section head, Gila Gila Golan, who replaces a restaurants harpist while Flint is dining with his four livein playmates Leslie Shelby Grant, Anna Sigrid Valdis, Gina Gianna Serra, and Sakito Helen Funai. Gila uses a harp string as a bow to fire a poisoned dart, which misses Flint, but hits his former boss Cramden Lee J. Cobb. Flint sucks the poison out of the wound, saving Cramdens life. A chemical trace on the dart directs Flint to Marseilles for bouillabaisse. In one of Marseilles lowest clubs he stages a brawl to gain some useful information from famous Agent 0008 Robert Gunner, who is investigating the narcotics trade keeping Galaxy in business. Galaxy agent Hans Gruber Michael St. Clair is in the club enjoying his favorite soup while waiting to rendezvous with Gila. Gila sends Gruber to ambush Flint in the lavatory. Flint ends up killing Gruber in a toilet stall, while Gila escapes, leaving behind a cold cream jar she has boobytrapped with explosives. Flint detects the trap and chases the bystanders from the club before detonating the bomb.The remains of the jar lead Flint to Rome. After investigating several cosmetic companies, Flint arrives at Exotica, where he actually meets Gila for the first time. Gila lets him come to her apartment for an exchange of information. Following their encounter, he steals the keys to Exotica and breaks into the companys safe, learning of Galaxys location before being trapped inside by Gilas assistant, Malcolm Rodney Edward Mulhare. Malcolm and Gila assume that Flint will soon run out of air in the safe as they transport it to a waiting submarine. During the journey, Flint learns that his playmates have been kidnapped and taken to the headquarters on Galaxy Island in the Mediterranean Sea. He then uses his power of selfinduced suspended animation to fool his captors into thinking they have successfully killed him. Gila and Rodney take an evidence p

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