A Fine Madness (1966)
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37% of users liked it
(281 ratings)
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… More 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 repressive society that forces the truly creative among us into near-madness; at times, it is sidesplittingly funny, though never quite as potent as the Elliot Baker novel upon which it is based. Sean Connery is brilliant, but the public wanted James Bond to behave himself, thus the film didn't do as well at the box office as it should have. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Irvin Kershner
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 23, 1966 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Never finds its own voice.
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
The off-beat A Fine Madness succeeds on the level of breezy lightweight entertainment.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
I've never seen such an ill-advised film and such amazing talent put to such little ultimate effect.
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Cast
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Sean Connery
as Samson Shillitoe
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Joanne Woodward
as Rhoda Shillitoe
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Jean Seberg
as Lydia West
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Patrick O'Neal
as Dr. Oliver West
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Colleen Dewhurst
as Dr. Vera Kropotkin
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Clive Revill
as Dr. Menken
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Werner Peters
as Dr. Vorbeck
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John Fiedler
as Daniel K. Papp
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Kay Medford
as Mrs. Fish
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Jackie Coogan
as Mr. Fitzgerald
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Zohra Lampert
as Mrs. Tupperman
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Sorrell Booke
as Leonard Tupperman
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Sue Ane Langdon
as Miss Walnicki
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Bibi Osterwald
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
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Mabel Albertson
as Chairwoman
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Gerald S. O'Loughlin
as Chester Quirk
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James Millhollin
as Rollie Butter
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Jon Lormer
as Dr. Huddleson
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Harry Bellaver
as Knocker
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Ayllene Gibbons
as Club Woman
- Richard S. Castellano
- Renée Taylor
