The Phynx

The Phynx
The Phynx
Directed by	Lee H. Katzin
Written by	Bob Booker; Stan Cornyn;
Produced by	Bob Booker;
Starring	; ; Dennis Larden;
Music by	Mike Stoller
Production; company	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	May 6, 1970;
Running time	81 minutes
Language	English

The Phynx is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Lee H. Katzin^[1] about a rock and roll band named The Phynx and their mission in foreign affairs. The group is sent to the country of Albania to locate celebrity hostages taken prisoner by Communists.

This turned out to be the final film appearance for several of the veteran performers in the cast, including Leo Gorcey, George Tobias and Marilyn Maxwell.

History[]

The Phynx received an extremely limited release, and has since become something of an obscure, rarely seen cult film; bootleg copies for many years turned up on auction websites before Warner Archive officially released the film on DVD in October 2012.^[2]

Plot[]

Cast[]

The Phynx... Themselves
- A. "Michael" Miller
- Ray Chippeway
- Dennis Larden
- Lonny Stevens
Lou Antonio... Corrigan
Mike Kellin... Bogey
Michael Ansara... Col. Rostinov
George Tobias... Markevitch
Joan Blondell... Ruby
Martha Raye... Foxy
Larry Hankin... Philbaby
Pat McCormick... Father O'Hoolihan
Ultra Violet... Felice
Rich Little... Voice in Box
Susan Bernard... London Belly
Sally Struthers... World's No. 1 Fan

Cameos[]

Patty Andrews
Rona Barrett
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Busby Berkeley
James Brown
Dick Clark
Xavier Cugat
Cass Daley
Andy Devine
Fritz Feld
Leo Gorcey (in his final film role, released after his death.)
Huntz Hall
John Hart (as The Lone Ranger)
Louis Hayward
George Jessel
Ruby Keeler
Patsy Kelly
Dorothy Lamour
Guy Lombardo
Trini Lopez
Joe Louis
Marilyn Maxwell (in her final film role)
Butterfly McQueen
Pat O'Brien
Maureen O'Sullivan
Richard Pryor
Harold Sakata
Colonel Sanders
Jay Silverheels (as Tonto)
Ed Sullivan
Rudy Vallee
Clint Walker
Johnny Weissmuller

Significance[]

This was Gorcey and Hall's final time they appeared in a film together; the duo made dozens of films together as "The Dead End Kids", "East Side Kids", and "The Bowery Boys" from the 1930s to the 1950s.^[3]

References[]

^ "The Phynx". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
^ http://www.wbshop.com/product/phynx+the+1000354702.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=Search^{[dead link]}
^ "The Last Hurrah of The Bowery Boys- Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall". THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HOLLYWOOD. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

External links[]

The Phynx at IMDb
The Phynx at Rotten Tomatoes

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[The_Phynx-1] "The Phynx". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

[2] ttp://www.wbshop.com/product/phynx+the+1000354702.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=Search^{[dead link]}

[3] "The Last Hurrah of The Bowery Boys- Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall". THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HOLLYWOOD. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

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