Movies
Fine Madness, A (Warner 1966, Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward)
Sixties vintage madman-against-a-mad-society comedy with Sean Connery appealing as a rowdy, rebellious poet with a chip on his shoulder and an eye for the ladies. His creative block, hyperactive libido, and belligerent binges threaten to bring about his undoing when a cadre of know-it-all psychiatrists prescribes a lobotomy.
Director Irvin Kirshner would direct Sean Connery one more time after their first film together, A Fine Madness. In 1983, Connery returned to his James Bond role in Never Say Never Again with Kirshner at the helm.
production details
USA | Warner Bros. | 107 minutes | 1966
Director: Irvin Kershner
Producer: Jerome Hellman
Director of Photography: Ted McCord
Editor: William Ziegler
Music: John Addison
Script: Elliot Baker
cast
Sorrell Booke as Leonard Tupperman
Sean Connery as Samson Shillitoe
John Fiedler as Daniel K. Papp
Colleen Dewhurst as Dr. Vera Kropotkin
Werner Peters as Dr. Freddie Vorbeck
Joanne Woodward as Rhoda Shillitoe
Jean Seberg as Lydia West
Jackie Coogan as Mr. Fitzgerald
Patrick O’Neal as Dr. Oliver West
Clive Revill as Dr. Menken
Kay Medford as Mrs. Fish
Zohra Lampert as Evelyn Tupperman
Sue Ane Langdon as Miss Walnicki
Bibi Osterwald as Mrs. Fitzgerald
Mabel Albertson as Chairwoman