Mastermind (1969)
June 3, 1969Release Date
Mastermind (1969)
June 3, 1969Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Zero Mostel
Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Keiko Kishi
Nikki Kono
Gawn Grainger
Nigel Crouchback
Bradford Dillman
Jabez Link
Jules Munshin
Israeli Agent #1
Alex March
Director
Frankie Sakai
Captain Yamada (as Furankî Sakai)
William Peter Blatty
Writer
Sorrell Booke
Max Engstorm
Ian McLellan Hunter
Writer
Zaldy Zshornack
Officer Abe
Malcolm Stuart
Producer
Felix Silla
Schatzi
Fred Karlin
Composer
Phil Leeds
Israeli Agent #2
Kicki Taki
The Monk
Gerald Hirschfeld
Cinematographer
Tetsu Nakamura
Mr. Hiruta (as Satoshi Nakamura)
Chikako Natsumi
Yoko Hara
Larry Ohashi
Police Commissioner
Masanobu Wada
Hori
Wataru Ōmae
Kozo (as Kin Omae)
Renate Mannhardt
Bertha Tors
Robert Leighton
Additional Editor
Fred Schuler
Assistant Camera
Marion Dougherty
Casting
Robert J. Miller
Sound
John C. Howard
Editor
Carey Loftin
Gaffer
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
Serge Krizman
Art Direction
Guy C. Verhille
Costume Design
Enrique Bravo
Camera Operator
Robert J. Visciglia Sr.
Property Master
Harry Caplan
Unit Production Manager
David Blangsted
Assistant Editor
Julia Tucker
Script Supervisor
Milton Moshlak
Gaffer
Gary Liddiard
Makeup Artist
James A. Rosenberger
First Assistant Director
William Davidson
Unit Production Manager
Phill Norman
Title Designer
Hal Galli
Assistant Director
Larry Barr
Key Grip
Mike Abe
Assistant Director
James White Jr.
Special Effects
Robert Simard
Music Editor
Stephen Ellman
Unit Publicist
Details.
Wiki.
Mastermind is a 1976 Japanese-American comedy thriller film directed by Alex March and starring Zero Mostel, Keiko Kishi and Gawn Grainger. Filmed in 1969, it sat on the shelf for seven years before receiving a limited theatrical release in 1976. It has developed a cult following since its release on home video.The second of producer Malcolm Stuart's two-picture deal with screenwriter, William Peter Blatty, the project was inspired by the success of the 1964 Peter Sellers comedy A Shot in the Dark which Blatty had co-written with producer/director Blake Edwards. Blatty's script was drastically revised by Ian McLellan Hunter prior to production, and the disgruntled screenwriter chose the pseudonym Terence Clyne for his screen credit. By 1973 it had recorded a loss of $2.9 million. Blatty's original screenplay was published as part of a limited edition collection by Lonely Road Books in 2013 as Five Lost Screenplays by William Peter Blatty.