The President's Analyst (1967)

When the overworked and stressed-out White House presidential shrink runs away, the CEA and the FBR scramble to retrieve him before he could be abducted by various competing foreign intelligence services.

Director:

Theodore J. Flicker

Writer:

Theodore J. Flicker

Stars:

James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Coburn	...	Dr. Sidney Schaefer
Godfrey Cambridge	...	Don Masters
Severn Darden	...	Kropotkin
Joan Delaney	...	Nan Butler
Pat Harrington Jr.	...	Arlington Hewes (as Pat Harrington)
Barry McGuire	...	Old Wrangler
Jill Banner	...	Snow White
Eduard Franz	...	Ethan Allan Cocket
Walter Burke	...	Henry Lux
Will Geer	...	Dr. Lee-Evan
William Daniels	...	Wynn Quantrill
Joan Darling	...	Jeff Quantrill
Sheldon Collins	...	Bing Quantrill
Arte Johnson	...	Sullivan
Martin Horsey	...	1st Puddlian

Storyline

At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government position get to him, and he runs away. Now spies from all over the world are after him, either to get him for their own side or to kill him and prevent someone else from getting him.

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Plot Keywords:

analyst | the white house | psychotronic film | washington monument washington d.c. | downward spiral | 

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Taglines:

Only two people on earth want Sidney Schaefer alive. Sidney Schaefer. And the President of the United States.

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

'Barry McGuire' (Old Wrangler) made his own flowered pants for the movie. During that time they were quite the rage.

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Goofs

Every line referring to the "FBR" or "CEA" is dubbed, often quite obviously. The actors were actually saying "FBI" and "CIA," but at the behest of the actual agencies the names were changed in post-production.

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Quotes

Dr. Sidney Schaefer: These guns. Karate. Why?
Wynn Quantrill: The right wing extremists. Disarm them and us liberals will disarm.

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Crazy Credits

In opening credits: "and introducing Joan Delaney as Nan"

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Alternate Versions

Due to a copyright dispute, all recent video and laserdisc releases omit a sequence featuring songs by Barry McGuire on the soundtrack.

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Connections

Referenced in Analyze This (1999)

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Soundtracks

Inner Manipulations
Composed by Barry McGuire and Paul Potash
Sung by Barry McGuire
(A Dunhill Records Artist)

User Reviews

An all time comedy!

James Coburn...............at his best!

Godfrey Cambridge......at his best!

Severn Darden..............at his best!

Did you think Dr. Strangelove was the best satire of the '60s? Then you never saw this movie. WHAT A HOOT!

There's poor James Coburn, on the lam, hiding out with a "typical American family" picked at random. They go to dinner in NYC, and suddenly the spies of many nations leap out from everywhere. The couple's eyes light up! Mom yells, "MUGGERS!!!" Dad whips out a gun...Mom takes a karate stance...and they lay waste an entire street full of professional killers. Coburn escapes again.

There's subtle humor, whacky humor and very strange humor here. The FBI probably started dossiers on everybody involved.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian Mandarin

Release Date:

21 December 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jagt Dr. Sheefer

Filming Locations:

Washington Dulles International Airport - 45020 Aviation Drive, Sterling, Virginia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Panpiper Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1