Mastermind (1976 film)
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| Directed by | Alex March |
| Written by | William Peter Blatty Ian McLellan Hunter |
| Produced by | Malcolm Stuart |
| Starring | Zero Mostel |
| Cinematography | Gerald Hirschfeld |
| Edited by | John C. Howard |
| Music by | Fred Karlin |
Release date | 1976 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million[1] |
Mastermind is a Charlie Chan spoof feature film. Filmed in 1969, it sat on the shelf for seven years before receiving a limited theatrical release in 1976. It has developed a cult following since its release on home video.
The second of producer Malcolm Stuart's two-picture deal with screenwriter, William Peter Blatty, the project was inspired by the success of the 1964 Peter Sellers comedy A Shot in the Dark which Blatty had co-written with producer/director Blake Edwards. Blatty's script was drastically revised by Ian McLellan Hunter prior to production, and the disgruntled screenwriter chose the pseudonym Terence Clyne for his screen credit. By 1973 it had recorded a loss of $2.9 million.[1] Blatty's original screenplay was published as part of a limited edition collection by Lonely Road Books in 2013 as Five Lost Screenplays by William Peter Blatty.
Plot and setting
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Inspector Hoku must solve the theft of a robot in Japan. He constantly dreams of himself as a samurai back in that era.
Cast
- Zero Mostel as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
- Keiko Kishi as Nikki Kono
- Gawn Grainger as Nigel Crouchback
- Bradford Dillman as Jabez Link
- Frankie Sakai as Captain Yamada
- Sorrell Booke as Max Engstrom
- Felix Silla as Schatzi
- Jules Munshin as Israeli Agent
- Phil Leeds as Israeli Agent #2
References
External links
- Mastermind at IMDb