Main Cast: Chuck McCann, Ina Balin, Rodney Dangerfield, Jara Kohout, Harry Hurwitz
Release Year: 1970
Country: US
Run Time: 84 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
This offbeat comedy finds a rotund, daydreaming projectionist (Chuck McCann) who fantasizes that he is the super hero Captain Flash. He imagines his nemesis to be Renaldi (Rodney Dangerfield), whom the projectionist refers to as "the Bat." Renaldi demands the lobby floor to be so clean he can eat off it. The film uses superimposition of older films, the first to employ such techniques. The projectionist imagines Rinaldi to be in league with the forces of evil like Hitler, Mussolini and space aliens. He is under the delusion that he must save a female co-worker (Ina Balin) from the clutches of the evil Bat. The projectionist summons such heroes as Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper and the US Marine Corp to save her from imagined danger. This is the first feature length film for director Harry Hurwitz, who also appears as an usher. This also marks the film debut for Rodney Dangerfield, who had recently changed his name from his given name of Jack Roy and opened a nightclub. The film premiered at the Rochester Film Festival in 1969. It has earned cult status over the years and is in the archives of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Robert King - Announcer; Stephen Phillips - Minister; Clara Rosenthal - Crazy Lady; Mike Gentry - Usher; Lucky Kargo - Usher-Batman; Sam Stewart - Usher-Batman; Robbie Lee - Usher-Batman; Jacquelyn Glenn - Nude on Bearskin; Morocco - Belly Dancer; Robert Staats - TV Pitchman; Alex Stevens - Usher/Henchman
Credit
Roy Frumkes - First Assistant Director, Harry Hurwitz - Director, Harry Hurwitz - Editor, Igo Kantor - Composer (Music Score), Erma E. Levin - Composer (Music Score), Victor Petrashevich - Cinematographer, Harry Hurwitz - Producer, Harry Hurwitz - Screenwriter
