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Saturday Film: Royal Flash

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring with The bully and coward of Tom Brown's Rugby schooldays, Harry Flashman, is now a much decorated Captain of the Queen's Hussars. Escaping from a police raid on a house of somewhat dubious repute, Flashman encounters the notorious adventuress Lola Montez and soon finds himself an unwitting pawn in Otto von Bismarck's plans to unite and rule Germany.
Screenplay by GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER based on his own novel
Produced by DAVID v PICKER . and DENIS O'DELL
Directed by RICHARD LESTER. Films: p 12 (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lola Montez
Unknown:
George MacDonald Fraser
Produced By:
David V Picker
Produced By:
Denis O'Dell
Directed By:
Richard Lester.
Captain Harry Flashman:
Malcolm McDowell
Rudi von Starnberg:
Alan Bates
Lola Montez:
Florinda Bolkan
Otto von Bismarck:
Oliver Reed
Duchess Irma of Strakenz:
Britt Ekland
De Gautet:
Tom Bell
Sapten:
Joss Ackland
Kraftstein:
Lionel Jeffries
Mr Greig:
Alastair Sim
Headmaster:
Michael Hordern
Eric Hansen:
Christopher Cazenove
Grundwig:
Leon Green
Detchard:
Richard Hurndall
Old roué:
Roy Kinnear
Policeman:
David Stern
Josef:
Richard Pearson
Helga:
Rula Lenska
Soprano:
Margaret Courtenay
John Gully:
Henry Cooper
Source: Radio Times

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