Barry McGuire, Eduard Franz, Godfrey Cambridge

Greenwich Village satirist Theordore J. Flicker made one of the zaniest spy spoofs of the '60s--the ultimate in paranoia and conspiracy. James Coburn stars as a hip New York psychiatrist recruited by ...( read more  read more... )his mentor to take on the president as his exclusive patient. After quitting his job because of the stress, he's forced to go into hiding when spies from all sides want to know his secrets. The social and political satire never lets up, as the usually unflappable Coburn becomes completely neurotic. Godfrey Cambridge is hilarious as his cohort and former patient (his opening monologue about self-hatred is a classic), and so is Severn Darden, who plays a charming Russian agent. A true original with the utmost retro appeal today. --Bill Desowitz

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Unrated, 102 min.

Directed by: Theodore J. Flicker

Release Date: December 21, 1967

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DVD Release Date: June 8, 2004

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  • October 13, 2008
    One of the best spy/political spoofs there is.
  • January 30, 2009
    "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...( read more) 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.
  • June 7, 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
  • April 5, 2009
    campy spy vs spy fun
  • March 4, 2008
    This was just on channel TCM. I thought it'd be better than what it was. Ehh...
  • February 24, 2008
    One of the many Nixon joke movies. Would Clinton and Bush be the same way?
  • January 4, 2007
    super script and crazy acting. You don't need to see "the Net" or "Enemy of the State". This will do the job!

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