Fearless Frank (1969)
The most incredible new comedy ever laughed at!
A country boy arrives in Chicago, gets killed by some gangsters, and returns to life with superhuman powers in this satirical look at movie genres.
- Date of release
- 1969-12-10
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
Casting
- Jon Voight — Fearless Frank
- Monique van Vooren — Plethora
- Joan Darling — Lois
- Severn Darden — The Good Doctor / Claude
- Anthony Holland — Alfred
- Lou Gilbert — The Boss
- Ben Carruthers — The Cat
- David Steinberg — The Rat
- Nelson Algren — Needles
- David Fisher — Screwnose
- Ken Nordine — The Storytelling Stranger
- Cyril Fefer — Pa
Interesting facts
Fearless Frank is a 1967 American fantasy comedy film written and directed by Philip Kaufman. It is notable as the film debut of Jon Voight. Voight plays a murdered drifter who gets reanimated and turned into a superhero by a scientist. Other notable cast members include Nelson Algren as a mobster named Needles, and Ken Nordine as the narrator, credited as "The Stranger."
Production
Philip Kaufman saw Jon Voight in an off-Broadway adaption of A View from a Bridge. Kaufman soon cast Voight in the film, which was shot circa 1965.
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