A Fine Madness (1966)
Release Date: Sep 23, 1966 Wide
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Sean Connery attempted to make a clean break from his "James Bond" image in the boisterous comedy A Fine Madness. Connery plays Samson Shillitoe, a Brendan Behan-like poet with a mile-wide misogynistic streak. Try as he might to complete his latest masterpiece, Shillitoe is constantly interrupted by the women in his life. Driven to a nervous breakdown, he seeks help from the medical establishment -- and ends up a babbling shell of his former self. The film takes scattered potshots at a
Sep 23, 1966 Wide
Jun 20, 2006
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Cast
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Sean Connery
Samson Shillitoe -
Joanne Woodward
Rhoda Shillitoe -
Jean Seberg
Lydia West -
Patrick O'Neal
Dr. Oliver West -
Colleen Dewhurst
Dr. Vera Kropotkin -
Clive Revill
Dr. Menken -
Werner Peters
Dr. Vorbeck -
John Fiedler
Daniel K. Papp -
Kay Medford
Mrs. Fish -
Jackie Coogan
Mr. Fitzgerald -
Zohra Lampert
Mrs. Tupperman -
Sorrell Booke
Leonard Tupperman -
Sue Ane Langdon
Miss Walnicki -
Bibi Osterwald
Mrs. Fitzgerald -
Mabel Albertson
Chairwoman -
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Chester Quirk -
James Millhollin
Rollie Butter -
Jon Lormer
Dr. Huddleson -
Harry Bellaver
Knocker -
Ayllene Gibbons
Club Woman -
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Never finds its own voice.
The off-beat A Fine Madness succeeds on the level of breezy lightweight entertainment.
I've never seen such an ill-advised film and such amazing talent put to such little ultimate effect.
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