Released by Warner Bros.

Credits:
Director: Irvin Kershner

Producer: Jerome Hellman

Screenplay: Elliot Baker, based on his novel

Director of Photography: Ted McCord

Editor: William Ziegler
Music: John Addison

Running Time: 103 minutes

Cast:

Samson Shillitoe: Sean Connery

Rhoda Shillitoe: Joanne Woodward

Lydia West: Jean Seberg

Dr. Oliver West: Patrick O'Neal

Dr. Vera Kropotkin: Colleen Dewhurst

Dr. Menken: Clive Revill

Dr. Vorbeck: Werner Peters

Daniel K. Papp: John Fielder

Mrs. Fish: Kay Medford

Mr. Fitzgerald: Jackie Coogan

Genre:

Comedy / Drama

Synopsis:

Samson Shillitoe, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women, is behind in his alimony payments, and lives with Rhoda, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles. Samson becomes belligerent when he cannot find the inspiration to finish his big poem so Rhoda tries to get him to see the psychiatrist Dr. West, who claims to be able to cure writer's block. Samson ends up begin pursued by various women while trying to evade the subpoena servers and finish his poem.

Release Date (USA):

June 29, 1966

Academy Awards:

-

Budget:

?

Links:

The Internet Movie Database - A Fine Madness

Movies.com - A Fine Madness

Rottentomatoes.com - A Fine Madness

Hollywood.com - A Fine Madness