The President's Analyst

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The President's Analyst is James Coburn, whose position makes him privy to any number of delicate government secrets. Thus Coburn becomes a most desirable prize for several secret-agent organizations, including the CEA and the FBR (we know who these folks are really supposed to be, even though the phony names were crudely dubbed onto the soundtrack after the film was completed). When Coburn becomes expendable, he finds a pair of strong allies in the form of likeable political assassin Godfrey Cambridge and gay Soviet spy Severn Darden. The main plot involves an insidious, unnamed concern that wishes to harness Coburn's talents in order to brainwash the president -- and everyone else in America -- into submission. The President's Analyst is a terrific, on-target satire of virtually every sacred cow of the late 1960s; the satire was so potent, in fact, that when the NBC network broadcast the film in the early 1970s, it was compelled to remove the picture's punchline.

Cast

James Coburn
as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
Godfrey Cambridge
as Don Masters
Severn Darden
as Kropotkin
Joan Delaney
as Nan Butler
Pat Harrington Jr.
as Arlington Hewes
Barry Maguire
as Old Wrangler
Barry McGuire
as Old Wrangler
Jill Banner
as Snow White
Eduard Franz
as Ethan Allan Cocket
Walter Burke
as Henry Lux
Will Geer
as Dr. Lee Evans
William Daniels
as Wynn Quantrill
Joan Darling
as Jeff Quantrill
Sheldon Collins
as Bing Quantrill
Arte Johnson
as Sullivan
Martin Horsey
as Puddlian
William Beckley
as Puddlian
Kathleen Hughes
as Tourist
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Audience Reviews for The President's Analyst

  • Sep 05, 2010
    This is such a great wacky adventure comedy movie, it's really different too, and I loved the crazy ending. I highly recommend it.
    Aj V Super Reviewer
  • Dec 14, 2008
    "In every country I've ever gone, people hate the phone company!" -- Russian spy Very funny and at times silly comedy about what befalls James Coburn once he thinks he's landed a dream job by becoming the President's personal shrink. But it turns out that many factions would be very interested in the secret thoughts of the leader of the free world! Coburn is very loose as the title character who grows increasingly paranoid about his position and becomes the target of an international manhunt. A whole lot of lampooning gets thrown into the mix, from psychiatrists, hippies, gun fanatics, government, bureaucracy, and yes, the phone company.
    Doctor S Super Reviewer
  • Jun 07, 2008
    zany to the max!!! plot veers all over the place like a drunk driver on a Saturday night....solid cast and a fun romp from start to finish...Coburn's funniest role...a must see
    alan j Super Reviewer
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