the film was a big hit." Influences The film's direct nods to James Bond in a comedic and outlandish style. Flint is initially offered a Walther PPK and an attache case with a concealed throwing knife, with Flint dismissing both as "crude". During the French strip club sequence, Flint stages a mock brawl with a patron identified as Agent 0008, a British secret agent. Flint asks if SPECTRE (the criminal organization in the early Bond movies) is involved, to which Agent 0008 replies, "It's bigger than SPECTRE!" The actor playing the role is similar in appearance to Sean Connery. Later in the film, Gila is shown reading a 0008 novel, referencing the James Bond novels. Soundtrack 20th Century Fox's house composer Jerry Goldsmith composed the film's score. The film's original soundtrack LP was rerecorded slower arrangements of the score, and a DVD of the surviving elements of the two Flint films was later released. Herbie Mann covered the title theme, "Our Man Flint", on his 1966 album, Our Mann Flute. Many other cover versions of the theme music were recorded during the mid-1960s, including Roland Shaw, Billy Strange and The Challengers with Hugo Montenegro's version including the Presidential telephone's ringtone. Wall of Voodoo used the theme tune in the 2nd half of their version of "Ring of Fire". Cultural legacy The distinctive ringtone of Cramden's "presidential hotline" telephone was re-used in the films Hudson Hawk, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and in Seattle children's television program, The J.P. Patches Show. Popular Los Angeles KIIS-FM disc jockey Rick Dees used the sound effect as the "hotline" phone sound whenever the station manager would call and yell at him during his 1980s and 1990s shows. A 1965 novelization of the film by Jack Pearl includes much material not seen on the screen that may have been taken from an earlier screenplay draft. The name Hans Gruber was reused in two later films, Re-Animator and Die Hard. Clips of audio from the film are sampled in The Desert Sessions song "Sugar Rush" on the album Volumes 3 & 4. Reception Our Man Flint generally received positive reviews, having a "Fresh" score of 77% on Rotten Tomatoes from 30 critics. Box office According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $7,700,000 to break even and made $12,950,000 at the box office. Sequels In Like Flint (1967) was directed by Gordon Douglas and