Editing Our Man Flint (section)

==Production==
Producer [[Saul David]] had just made ''[[Von Ryan's Express]]'' for Fox and ''Our Man Flint'' would be his second film for the studio. David told the press that Flint would be "an entirely different cup of tea" to James Bond, "a sensitive and sensible individual, loyal to his own code instead of to an arbitrary entity which we might call 'our side'. His pleasures will be taken with verve and gusto a la [[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]] and his heroics will be treated with wit and vitality, a la [[Douglas Fairbanks]]."<ref name="david">{{cite news |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=5 February 1965 |title=Coburn just right for 'Our Man Flint' |page=9 Part 4}}</ref>

Coburn had appeared in a number of key supporting roles, particularly ''[[The Americanization of Emily]]'' and ''[[A High Wind in Jamaica (film)|A High Wind in Jamaica]]'' but ''Our Man Flint'' was his first lead in a feature. His casting was announced in December 1964 and filming began in February 1965.<ref>{{cite news |title=Best of hollywood |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=30 December 1964 |page=23}}</ref>

David said Coburn "is undoubtedly one of the most interesting looking actors in the business today. I would describe him as a cross between [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Jean Paul Belmondo]] - a true descendant of that bygone generation of character actors who became leading men by accident... Coburn has a fantastic effect on women filmgoers and I think it's because ladies go more for masculinity and charm than prettiness in a male star."<ref name="david"/>

Coburn later said, "I credit the producer, Saul David, for the Flint films. He was responsible for the whole thing. He also cast me in the role. Of course, it was a spoof of the Bond and all the other spy films released at the time. What I liked about Flint was that he was his own man. He trained himself. We tried to work from that theme. It must have worked... after all, the film was a big hit."<ref>{{Cite magazine |magazine=Psychotronic Video |title=James Coburn Seven and Seven Is |first=Lowell |last=Goldman |number=9 |date=Spring 1991 |page=21 |url=https://archive.org/details/Psychotronic_Video_09/page/n23/mode/1up?q=patman}}</ref>

Fox were so happy with the film that head of production [[Richard Zanuck]] announced preparations for a sequel, ''F as in Flint'', in November 1965, before the movie was even released.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Morning Call |date=11 November 1965 |page=24 |title=Our Man Flint sequel scheduled}}</ref> (It was then retitled ''[[In Like Flint]]''.)

=== Locations ===
Flint's apartment is located in [[The San Remo]] in New York City. The skyline projected out the window of the apartment is of Central Park South on [[59th Street (Manhattan)|59th Street]]. The interiors of Galaxy Island were filmed at the [[Scattergood Generating Station]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059557/locations/ |title=Our Man Flint (1966) - Filming & production - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2024-10-01 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>