Based on the 2nd novel in the Harry Flashman series, better known as "The Flashman Papers"
Roy Kinnear had his scenes deleted from the final print.
Harry Flashman:
Never kick a man when he's down, he may get back up again.
Spin off from
Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
- Character Flashman is used as main character in Royal Flash
Referenced in
Superman III (1983)
- Flashman character in Smallville
Spoofs
The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
- George Macdonald Fraser's parody of the plot in his 'Flashman' series
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
- 'Royal Flash', based on George Macdonald Fraser's novel of the same title, is a deliberate parody of the Zenda plot, with Harry Flashman impersonating a Prince in Northern Germany.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
- George Macdonald Fraser's novel and script deliberately parody 'The Prisoner of Zenda' in its 1937 and 1952 film versions