Director: Irvin Kershner

Writer: Elliott Baker

From novel by: Elliott Baker

Music Composed and Conducted by: John Addison

Producer: Jerome Hellman

Keywords: Comedy, Drama

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mabel Albertson	Actor	24-Jul-1901	28-Sep-1982	Darrin's mother on Bewitched
Sorrell Booke	Actor	4-Jan-1930	11-Feb-1994	Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
Sean Connery	Actor	25-Aug-1930		James Bond
Jackie Coogan	Actor	26-Oct-1914	1-Mar-1984	Uncle Fester in The Addams Family
Colleen Dewhurst	Actor	3-Jun-1924	2-Aug-1991	Murphy Brown's mother
John Fiedler	Actor	3-Feb-1925	25-Jun-2005	Voice of Piglet
Zohra Lampert	Actor	13-May-1937		Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Sue Ane Langdon	Actor	8-Mar-1936		Lillian Nuvo on Arnie
Kay Medford	Actor	14-Sep-1914	10-Apr-1980	Bye Bye Birdie
Patrick O'Neal	Actor	26-Sep-1927	9-Sep-1994	Chamber of Horrors
Bibi Osterwald	Actor	3-Feb-1918	2-Jan-2002	Bridget Loves Bernie
Clive Revill	Actor	18-Apr-1930		Avanti!
Jean Seberg	Actor	13-Nov-1938	8-Sep-1979	Saint Joan
Joanne Woodward	Actor	27-Feb-1930		The Three Faces of Eve

CAST

Sean Connery	...   Samson Shillitoe
Joanne Woodward	...   Rhoda
Jean Seberg	...   Lydia West
Co-Starring
Patrick O'Neal	...   Dr. Oliver West
Colleen Dewhurst	...   Dr. Vera Kropotkin
Clive Revill	...   Dr. Menken
Werner Peters	...   Dr. Vorbeck
John Fiedler	...   Daniel K. Papp
Kay Medford	...   Mrs. Fish
Jackie Coogan	...   Mr. Fitzgerald
Zohra Lampert	...   Evelyn Tupperman
Sorrell Booke	...   Leonard Tupperman
and
Sue Ane Langdon	...   Miss Walnicki
with
Bibi Osterwald	...   Mrs. Fitzgerald
Mabel Albertson	...   Chairwoman
Gerald S. O'Loughlin	...   Supporting Cast
James Millhollin	...   Supporting Cast
Jon Lormer	...   Supporting Cast
Bernie Meyer	...   Supporting Cast
Richard Castellano	...   Supporting Cast
Harry Bellaver	...   Supporting Cast
Renee Taylor	...   Supporting Cast

REVIEWS

Review by Cunnivorex Maximus (posted on 9-Apr-2008)

A Fine Madness is a different kind of role for Sean Connery than what the movie-goer was used to. He plays a poet whose only published work is a book of poems called "Hellebore" (an herb said to cure madness). He is living with the brassy Joanne Woodward who works as a waitress in midtown Manhattan. Connery, as Samson Shillitoe, is employed as a carpet cleaner and constantly being hounded by an ambulance chasing-type lawyer trying to serve him with papers for back-alimony payments. Samson is plagued by depression and rage and he apparently self-medicates with alcohol whenever he gets the chance. While at work, Woodward catches part of an interview of a psychiatrist on the TV and resolves to go talk to him. She contracts with him so that he may treat Samson. Samson is sort of a dog who apparently does not take monogamy seriously and he beds his treating psychiatrist's wife. In an attempt at revenge, the psychiatrist institutionalizes Samson in order to lobotomize him. The operation does not "take" with Samson and everything returns to "normal" in the end. Please don't let my poor writing skills make you think this is not a worthwhile movie. It is definitely worth the sit-down, and along with Peter Seller's "The Bobo" is one of my favorite all-time movies.

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