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Those Fantastic Flying Fools

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Showman P.T. Barnum (Burl Ives) plans with a balloonist (Troy Donahue) and an inventor (Gert Frobe) to send Gen. Tom Thumb in a rocket to the moon.

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Phil Hoad Guardian You couldn't call any of this actually funny, but it's pleasant enough. Rated: 3/5 Apr 7, 2021 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Nov 4, 2005 Full Review Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews Rated: 1/5 Dec 5, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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David Absolutely brilliant. Classic comedy. Couldn't stop laughing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/02/23 Full Review Audience Member "Those Fantastic Flying Fools" from 1967 with Burl Ives and Terry Thomas. I saw it in a very large cinema. There were two other people in the hall. They got up and left about a third of the way through. I had won a free ticket and was determined to stay until teh end. That was by far the worst movie I have ever seen. Although I must admit, Cage's "Wicker Man" is an extremely bad movie as well. This is my nomination for the world's worst movie Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member amusing comedy as p.t. Barnum tries to persuade the English to fund a rocket ship to the moon Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member another 'it's a mad mad mad mad world' Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Enjoyable enough farce based on Jules Verne's writings, mainly as Terry-Thomas is in devious and shifty mode once again, a character he played so well time and time again. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member perfectly enjoyable T-T romp but nothing special. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Showman P.T. Barnum (Burl Ives) plans with a balloonist (Troy Donahue) and an inventor (Gert Frobe) to send Gen. Tom Thumb in a rocket to the moon.
Director
Don Sharp
Production Co
American Internat'l Pics
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 2, 2020
Runtime
1h 35m