Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- campy
- breezy
- retro movie night
- campy double feature
What critics said
Critics generally recognize an entertaining mid-1960s spy send-up with stylish ingredients, though its low-key spoofing and sequel fatigue limit its impact.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The antagonists are a coordinated group of women tycoons using beauty salons and subliminal brainwashing to pursue global control.
Derek Flint investigates an impersonated president, listening devices, rockets, and a beauty-salon mind-control operation in a deliberately comic register.
The film combines tropical settings, bikinis, spacecraft, rockets, and secret-agent technology in a glossy 1960s studio style.
James Coburn's Derek Flint returns from retirement as an effortlessly capable agent able to expose presidential replacement and defeat a global conspiracy.
Films like In Like Flint, and why
Our Man Flint
mid-century spy spoof blending suave secret-agent action, sexual innuendo, gadgets, and comic absurdity
The Silencers
comic secret-agent adventure with playful sexism, exotic locations, gadgets, and tongue-in-cheek action
Modesty Blaise
stylized 1960s espionage farce centered on an exceptionally capable, sexually confident male spy
Casino Royale
lightweight Cold War spy satire with flamboyant villains, comic action, and pop-art production design
Movie Details
- Director
- Gordon Douglas
- Release Date
- 1967-03-15
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (89)
Cast
- James Coburn
- Lee J. Cobb
- Jean Hale
- Andrew Duggan
- Anna Lee
- Hanna Landy
- Totty Ames
- Steve Ihnat
- Thomas Hasson
- Mary Michael
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is In Like Flint about?
- A retired super-spy returns to expose a beauty-salon mind-control conspiracy and an impostor president in a glossy, irreverent 1960s adventure spoof.
- What is In Like Flint like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In Like Flint as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is In Like Flint violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in In Like Flint as mild.
- What did critics think of In Like Flint?
- Critics generally recognize an entertaining mid-1960s spy send-up with stylish ingredients, though its low-key spoofing and sequel fatigue limit its impact.
- Which films are like In Like Flint?
- Films with a similar feel include Our Man Flint, The Silencers, Modesty Blaise, and Casino Royale.
- How long is In Like Flint?
- In Like Flint runs 114 minutes.
- Where can I watch In Like Flint?
- In United States, In Like Flint is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
