In Like Flint (1967)

There was bound to be a Flint sequel, and this one delivers the same kind of zany fun as its predecessor, Our Man Flint. 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. Turns out, the Chief Executive has been replaced by an evil duplicate.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 Flint is 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 Amazon.com

So bad it ended the franchise.

Throughout the years I'd seen Our Man Flint on television many times and always enjoyed it, but for some reason they never (or rarely) seemed to show In Like Flint. I couldn't understand why. I also couldn't understand why there was only two Flint movies made. But, after I'd purchased the Ultimate Flint Collection and finally watched In Like Flint, I understood perfectly well. The movie is terrible. It's boring, corny, nonsensical and amateurish. I'ts idiotic plot is filled with third rate dialog and very little action. The first class camp and satire of the first movie is replaced by moronic skit comedy. The movie was -and is- so bad, that they never made another. June 1, 2008

Flint Is Fun

What a great movie, this can be enjoyed on so many levels that it is no wonder what a classic this film is. Whether you are into comedy, the spy genre or both, In Like Flint has everything that you would want from a spy spoof. Unlike other spy spoofs, the jokes in this movie aren't one after the other which makes it feel even more like a genuine spy flick. There is tons of action and very exciting scenes, James Coburn does it again for sure. Overall, a really great movie that has the feel of the 60s but yet hasn't aged. If you are in the mood for a spy story, you can't go wrong with the Flint series October 12, 2007

[Three and-a-half stars] Ode to James Coburn, (not Jared Flint!)

A very fine sequel, which almost surpasses
the original James Coburn Jame Bond parody,
Our Man Flint. Somewhat along the lines of
'Wrongway Goldfarb, Please Phone Home...'
Sucky beginning slightly hurts the proceed-
ings and keeps it from being as good (or be-
tter!) than first installment! Coburn was
outstanding in these two films. Lee J. Cobb
is back for round two also, but not seen as
much! June 24, 2006

cooler than bond he's coburn, james coburn part 2

in like flint is the follow-up to our man flint, the 5 star spoof of the 60's bond crase and if not as fine as the first it still is one great little spy spoof and james coburn as in the first is the whole show here. his charm and ease of manner makes his flint one who could out do bond i believe. this time he's up against rich women out to take over the world. sure it's sexist and that hurts it some but hay it's james coburn sit back and see where austin powers really came from. January 22, 2006

Such an archetypical 60s film....

There's no way this movie could typify the sixties any more. From the playful flute-driven theme song, the glitzy cinematography, and Yvonne Craig's go-go dancing, (not to mention the OBVIOUS clapboard sets,) this is soooo "Sixties" it isn't funny! But it IS!

James Coburn is still a "very funny fellow", to quote Brendan Gill, in this second Flint outing. Though it doesn't have the feeling of serendipity that the first one had, where you thought you discovered, finally, a good rival for 007 in pop culture, it still does the espionage thing in typical Yank fashion, sans the pretension or affectations of an Ian Fleming novel. The two Flint movies were meant to be fun, and I will always wonder why in blazes 20th Century Fox didn't add at LEAST two other episodes to this franchise!

Of course, a good part of the appeal of Derek Flint is the way Coburn portrays him, as a true renaissance man to end all renaissance men, but a MODEST one! Flint doesn't act cocky unless he's in the company of a truly deluded bad guy, like Rodney or Sebastian (the actor in this movie), or General Carter. He's always a perfect gentleman around Cramden, his girlfriends, any OTHER ladies he encounters or military or political officials of obvious high standing. I've often thought to myself that the one factor of true genius is not to be self-conscious of your genius....that modesty is the one true harbinger of a truly inspired mind, and Coburn's portrayal of Flint bolsters that.

Anyway, the plot is simple: Cheeky cabal of ladies, fed up with the way men have been running the world, get together to embark on running it "better", or so they think, but still have to use MEN to make their dream come true, and it is this aspect of their plan that does them in. Once they get a view from the mountaintop, the two men that they have trusted turn on them and it's up to Flint to humble the overreaching females and take down the power-crazed men, and this he does with aplomb, at the behest of Floyd Cramden, played again by Lee J. Cobb. Cramden appears in drag in a few scenes in this film, trying to infiltrate "Fabulous Face", the Caribbean headquarters of the megalomaniac women, placed, oddly enough, in the Virgin Islands! Because of damaging photos taken of him in bed with what appears to be a prostitute, Cramden loses his position at Z.O.W.I.E., and has to recruit Flint to get to the bottom of it all. In one scene in this movie, as it's revealed that the ladies have placed an actor in the White House, impersonating the real President, Flint sits back and says: "An actor...as PRESIDENT!?" I'm sure every person who's ever seen both Flint movies wants Coburn to say, "It's diabolical!!" right afterward.

Fans of "Dune" will like the prescient use of sound as a weapon in this film, and everyone will like the Jerry Goldsmith score. However, one scene, where Flint is in Moscow dancing ballet with Yvonne Craig, and takes an improbable, slowish leap up to a balcony, might make the goings-on look a bit hokey, breaking whatever spell the movie might have had on you. People who thought "Day of the Dolphin" would ruin Mike Nichols' career, (and it almost did!) might wince at Flint speaking to one of the finny mammals in its own "language", compiling, believe it or not, a "Dolphin Dictionary".

However, like I said, Flint was 007's only true rival, and perhaps 20th Century should have given him a few more chances to impress us even more. I mean, this role pretty much did make Coburn the star he turned into....I would much rather have seen another "Flint" movie rather than "Harry In Your Pocket".

Damn shame, really.... December 13, 2005

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