ROYAL FLASH '75

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• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: In this unique and outrageous period comedy adapted from George MacDonald Fraser's novel, Malcolm McDowell stars as a comic character come to life. ; ; It is 19th century Europe, and Captain Harry Flashman (McDowell) is a gutless bully who seeks admission into high European 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 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 make you laugh instead of marvel at the next comic book 'hero' you encounter!
• Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Florinda Bolkan, Oliver Reed, Tom Bell, Joss Ackland, Christopher Cazenove, Henry Cooper, Lionel Jeffries, Alastair Sim, Michael Hordern, Britt Ekland, Bob Hoskins, Arthur Brough, Margaret Courtenay, Stuart Rayner, Leon Greene, David Jason, Noel Johnson, Ben Aris, Rula Lenska, Bob Peck, John Stuart, Frank Grimes, Paul Burton, Tessa Dahl, Kubi Chaza, David Sterne, Meg Davis, Roger Hammond, Richard Lester, George MacDonald Fraser, Thomas Hughes
• Director: Richard Lester
• Runtime: 1:42
• Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie