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Information
- Year
- 1975
- Runtime
- 102 min.
- Director
- Richard Lester
- Genres
- Romance, Adventure, Comedy
- Rating *
- 6.7
- Votes *
- 1,391
- Checks
- 81
- Favs
- 2
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 2.5% (1:41)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Royal Flash is a comedic take on the Prisoner of Zenda formula, starring Malcolm McDowell as a venal 19th-Century soldier who more or less trips into both fortune and danger, with the Zenda plot (he's the lookalike forced to replace a prince) taking of only a third of the way in. McDowell is clearly having fun, and while there's a lot of easy sex jokes and slapstick, the comic vignettes are done with enough energy to entertain. And there's a pretty good swashbuckler vibe going as well, with many sword fights and other action bits. The fact the film is based on the Harry Flashman series of novels is perhaps why there seem to be so many incidents included in the one picture. It's a manic film, but it has its pleasures. 5 years 3 months ago