It may seem dated today, but this clever satire was the ultimate hip trip back in the Swinging Sixties, and it is still very, very funny.
Talented iconoclast Theodore J Flicker wrote and directed, and profited from the presence of James Coburn in the lead as the suave psychiatrist earmarked for secret service assassination, only to be saved by other agencies interested in the information they assume has passed between the president and his shrink.
Coburn leads them all a merry chase, notably causing international havoc during a hilarious sex romp with hippy Jill Banner.
The film’s look, in Technicolored Panavision, will delight all baby-boomers as they recognise that quintessential 1960s surface gloss.
Dr Sidney Schaefer
James Coburn Don Masters
Godfrey Cambridge Kropotkin
Severn Darden Nan Butler
Joan Delaney Arlington Hewes
Pat Harrington Snow White
Jill Banner Ethan Allen Cocket
Eduard Franz Henry Lux
Walter Burke Dr Lee-Evans
Will Geer Wynn Quantrill
William Daniels Jeff Quantrill
Joan Darling
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Theodore J Flicker
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