| Royal Flash | |
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| Directed by | Richard Lester |
| Screenplay by | George MacDonald Fraser |
| Based on | the novel by George MacDonald Fraser |
| Produced by | Denis O'Dell David V. Picker |
| Starring | Malcolm McDowell Oliver Reed Florinda Bolkan Alan Bates |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Production company | Two Roads Productions |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $US4,040,000[1] |
Royal Flash is a 1975 British adventure comedy film based on the second Flashman novel (of the same name, 1970) by George MacDonald Fraser. It stars Malcolm McDowell as Flashman. Additionally, Oliver Reed appeared in the role of Otto von Bismarck, Alan Bates as Rudi von Sternberg, and Florinda Bolkan played Lola Montez. Fraser wrote the screenplay and the film was directed by Richard Lester.
Though it received good reviews for its performances and action scenes, Royal Flash had only a limited release in cinemas.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p257