Mastermind

Mastermind

86 mins | Comedy, Thriller | June 3, 1969

Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusions that he is a great Samurai warrior and the movie flashes back and forth between present day and ancient times.

Mastermind

86 mins | Comedy, Thriller | June 3, 1969

Mastermind
Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusions that he is a great Samurai warrior and the movie flashes back and forth between present day and ancient times.
IMDb rating 4.6
Producers ABC Pictures, Master Associates, Goldstone Film Enterprises
Original title Mastermind
Directors Mike Abe, Hal Galli, James A. Rosenberger, Julia Tucker, Alex March
Writers William Peter Blatty, Ian McLellan Hunter

Cast

Zero Mostel

as Inspector Hoku Ichihara

Keiko Kishi

as Nikki Kono

Gawn Grainger

as Nigel Crouchback

Bradford Dillman

as Jabez Link

Jules Munshin

as Israeli Agent #1

Frankie Sakai

as Captain Yamada (as Furankî Sakai)

Sorrell Booke

as Max Engstorm

Zaldy Zshornack

as Officer Abe

Felix Silla

as Schatzi

Phil Leeds

as Israeli Agent #2

Kicki Taki

as The Monk

Tetsu Nakamura

as Mr. Hiruta (as Satoshi Nakamura)

Chikako Natsumi

as Yoko Hara

Larry Ohashi

as Police Commissioner

Masanobu Wada

as Hori

Wataru Ômae

as Kozo (as Kin Omae)

Renate Mannhardt

as Bertha Tors