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Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal, Colleen Dewhurst ... see more see more... , Clive Revill , Werner Peters , John Fiedler , Kay Medford , Jackie Coogan , Zohra Lampert , Sorrell Booke , Sue Ane Langdon , Bibi Osterwald , Mabel Albertson , Gerald S. O'Loughlin , James Millhollin , Jon Lormer , Harry Bellaver , Ayllene Gibbons , Richard S. Castellano , Renée Taylor

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 misogynisti... read more read more...c 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

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Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Irvin Kershner

Release Date: September 23, 1966

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DVD Release Date: June 20, 2006

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  • jjnxn
    February 4, 2010
    jjnxn
    Two fine actors, Sean Connery and Joanne Woodward are lost in this loud, boorish "comedy". They shout and act like idiots. An extremely fine and varied supporting cast is entirely wasted although there is a lovely performance from Colleen Dewhurst and get a load of the height of ... read moreSue Ane Langdon's hair! A missed oppurtunity.
  • PinkMinkPrincess
    August 16, 2011
    PinkMinkPrincess
    YAWN! Love Joanne Woodward & Sean Connery, didn't Love this Film.I think prefer my Sean Connery as a likeable character.

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Dennis Schwartz
September 1, 2007
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Never finds its own voice. Full Review

Chuck O'Leary
July 2, 2006
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

The off-beat A Fine Madness succeeds on the level of breezy lightweight entertainment. Full Review

Christopher Null
June 23, 2006
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

I've never seen such an ill-advised film and such amazing talent put to such little ultimate effect. Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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May 9, 2005
New York Times

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January 26, 2006
Time Out

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