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The Man Called Flintstone (1966)

The Man Called Flintstone poster
Directed by
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Genre
action film, adventure film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 67 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Fred Flintstone is mistaken for a secret agent and sent on a mission. He must juggle his spy duties with his family life in Bedrock.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalmusicalretrospoofyfast-pacedfun

What happens

The Man Called Flintstone is a 1966 American animated musical spy-comedy film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The second film by Hanna-Barbera following Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964), it was directed by series creators/studio founders William Hanna and Joseph Barbera from a screenplay by Harvey Bullock and R. S. Allen. A theatrical spin-off of the 1960–66 television series The Flintstones, and a swan song (series finale), produced immediately following the end of production, the film was released on August 5, 1966, just four months after the series ended. The working title was That Man Flintstone, with the film poster featuring Fred Flintstone in the same pose as actor James Coburn in the poster for the 1966 spy film Our Man Flint. The plot is a parody of spy films, primarily those featuring James Bond. The film marked the first feature voice role for Gerry Johnson (Betty Rubble), and Henry Corden (Fred's singing voice), the latter of whom would go on to fully assume the role of Fred following Alan Reed's death in 1977. Despite numerous musical interludes, including one performed by Louis Prima, the series' iconic theme song is absent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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