A Fine Madness
We should all be so crazy.
1966 | 107m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Irvin Kershner |
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| Writer: | Elliott Baker |
| Staring: |
| A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 29, 1966 |
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| Director: | Irvin Kershner |
| Writer: | Elliott Baker |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, poet, writer, psychiatrist, greenwich village |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Pan Arts |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sean Connery | Samson Shillitoe |
| Joanne Woodward | Rhoda Shillitoe |
| Jean Seberg | Lydia West |
| Colleen Dewhurst | Dr. Vera Kropotkin |
| Jackie Coogan | Mr. Fitzgerald |
| Patrick O'Neal | Dr. Oliver West |
| Clive Revill | Dr. Menken |
| Werner Peters | Dr. Freddie Vorbeck |
| John Fiedler | Daniel K. Papp |
| Kay Medford | Mrs. Fish |
| Zohra Lampert | Evelyn Tupperman |
| Sorrell Booke | Leonard Tupperman |
| Sue Ane Langdon | Miss Walnicki |
| Bibi Osterwald | Mrs. Fitzgerald |
| Mabel Albertson | Chairwoman |
| Renée Taylor | Myrna |
| Al Bain | Bibman |
| Calvin Brown | Boxer in Gym |
| Lovyss Bradley | Clubwoman |
| Joyce Perry | Receptionist |
| James Millhollin | Rollie Butter |
| Nora Denney | Waitress |
| Roland La Starza | Angie |
| Dee Carroll | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Richard S. Castellano | Arthur (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Elliott Baker | Writer, Novel |
| William H. Ziegler | Editor |
| Jack Poplin | Art Direction |
| Gordon Bau | Makeup Supervisor |
| Russell Llewellyn | Assistant Director |
| Ward Preston | Set Designer |
| Claude E. Carpenter | Set Decoration |
| Jean Burt Reilly | Hair Supervisor |
| Everett A. Hughes | Sound |
| Ted D. McCord | Director of Photography |
| Irvin Kershner | Director |
| John Addison | Music |
| Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
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| Jerome Hellman | Producer |
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_**Kooky farce about an obnoxious nonconformist and the incompetence of mental health quacks**_ An abusive creative type in Manhattan (Sean Connery) has writer’s block and is compelled by his waitress wife (Joanne Woodward) to visit a psychiatrist (Patrick O'Neal), but the bore’s dallyings with ... the quack’s wife (Jean Seberg) worsen the situation. Meanwhile Clive Revill is on hand as a mad lobotomist. Believe it or not, “A Fine Madness” (1966) has nothing to do with secret agent shenanigans, but is rather a zany Manhattan farce with a theme that would be done more effectively in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” (1975). Nevertheless, it’s amusing seeing Connery play a cranky, boozing, womanizing poet who cleans carpets for a living. Woodward is also entertaining as his not-gonna-take-it wife. Speaking of which, the flick scores pretty well on the feminine front with the likes of Seberg and Sue Ane Langdon (Miss Walnicki). Colleen Dewhurst even shows up. The film’s also worth checking out just to travel back in time to Manhattan of the mid-60s. The movie runs 1 hour, 44 minutes and was shot on the East Side of Manhattan, plus Long Island. GRADE: B-