Directed by:
Irvin KershnerScreenplay:
Elliott BakerCinematography:
Ted D. McCordComposer:
John AddisonCast:
Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal, Colleen Dewhurst, Clive Revill, Werner Peters, Kay Medford, Jackie Coogan, Zohra Lampert (more)VOD (1)
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Genius, poet and carpet cleaner Samson Shillitoe (Sean Connery) has writer's block - and he can't bluster, clobber or curse it away. But just watch him take Manhattan by storm trying in this whirlwind comedy! It's a certifiable case of A Fine Madness, as nonconformist Samson and his beleaguered wife (Joanne Woodward) plunge into a series of daffy disasters from which he still comes up smiling. That is, until he dallies with the lovely wife (Jean Seberg) of a scheming psychiatrist (Patrick O'Neal), who seeks revenge by prescribing "brain surgery." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Fred Lerner
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Papillon (1973)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
![Jon Lormer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/438/160438261_5abdd0.jpg)
Jon Lormer
USA
Best movies:
Dead Ringer (1964)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
![Gerald S. O'Loughlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/720/160720739_e96200.jpg)
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
USA
Best movies:
In Cold Blood (1967)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Frances (1982)
![Mabel Albertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/907/160907264_d4e2ac.jpg)
Mabel Albertson
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
![Mary Boylan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/659/161659805_151040.jpg)
Mary Boylan
USA
Best movies:
Annie Hall (1977)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Exorcist (1973)
Louise Lorimer
USA
Best movies:
The Heiress (1949)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
![Harry Bellaver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/024/167024978_0f57bc.jpg)
Harry Bellaver
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Harvey Parry
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
The Killing (1956)
Beggars of Life (1928)
![James Millhollin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/864/161864662_73004f.jpg)
James Millhollin
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Jack Shea
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Detective Story (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
![Nora Denney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/121/162121789_e360e9.jpg)
Nora Denney
USA
Best movies:
American Hot Wax (1978)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Truman (1995) (TV movie)
Peg Shirley
USA
Best movies:
Seconds (1966)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Something Wild (1961)
Norman Stevans
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Apartment (1960)
Ron Burke
Best movies:
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
Cutter's Way (1981)
Secret Admirer (1985)
John Truax
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Great Race (1965)
![Chuck Hicks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/631/163631508_4f5833.jpg)
Chuck Hicks
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Raging Bull (1980)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
John Yates
Best movies:
Rude Boy (1980)
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999) (TV movie)
![Éva Szörényi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/884/160884053_112f17.jpg)
Éva Szörényi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
A Fine Madness (1966)
An American Rhapsody (2001)
Robert Hitchcock
USA
Best movies:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
La Tour infernale (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Charles Smith
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
The Stratton Story (1949)