ERROL’S EIGHT DOUBLE ‘O’ FILMS
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Has any actor ever had a higher percentage of double ‘o’ films than Errol?
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Eight of Errol’s films have ‘oo’ words in their titles.
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That’s approximately 14.8% of all his movies.
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Here are Errol’s “Double O” Eight:
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CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935)
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (1941)
THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (1941)
NEVER SAY GOODBYE (1946)
THE BIG BOODLE (1957)
TOO MUCH TOO SOON (1957)
ROOTS OF HEAVEN (1958)
— Tim
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O o what could‘ve been if Flynn had been assigned 007 in the mid 1950s. Alexander Korda had the film rights, but opted out. Linda Christian took on Peter Lorre as baddie Le Chiffre in a Jimmy Bond US TV special instead. With Cubby Broccoli finally at helm of the most successful franchise they surly had Errol on their mind, only he had gone by then already.
o, o, how right u r, double’o’heinz.
Here’s Herr Flynn, Errol Flynn, in “British Agent”:
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And here’s how he could have looked in the role of Bond:
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Compare Errol’s 14.8% to the double ‘o’ feature film filmographies of his contemporaries. For example, alphabetically: Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and John Wayne.
HENRY FONDA – ~3.4%
The Moon’s Our Home
The Man Who Understood Women
There was a Crooked Man
CARY GRANT – ~2.8%
Room for One More
Father Goose
JIMMY STEWART – ~ 5.2%
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Bell, Book and Candle
Fools Parade
The Shootist
JOHN WAYNE – ~ 2.4%
Tycoon
Blood Alley
Rooster Cogburn
The Shootist
Could Errol’s extraordinarily high number and percentage of “double o” films” just he a coincidence or fluke?
One thing for sure, Errol had the greatest trio of “double o films” in Hollywood history.:
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Captain Blood
They Died with Their Boots On
And all available in this collection:
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The two that got away, Doublesight Tim: The Sea Hook and Mutiny on the Boonty.