A psychiatrist suddenly gets assigned to be the US president's shrink. Paranoid from the many spies tailing him in hope of kidnapping him, he runs away, and dozens of spies, and the FBI, CIA... Read allA psychiatrist suddenly gets assigned to be the US president's shrink. Paranoid from the many spies tailing him in hope of kidnapping him, he runs away, and dozens of spies, and the FBI, CIA, and various agencies scramble to retrieve him.A psychiatrist suddenly gets assigned to be the US president's shrink. Paranoid from the many spies tailing him in hope of kidnapping him, he runs away, and dozens of spies, and the FBI, CIA, and various agencies scramble to retrieve him.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Arlington Hewes
- (as Pat Harrington)
- Phoneman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIn one scene being shot on the lower west side of New York City, James Coburn was being chased by two uniformed NYPD officers, who were just actors playing New York cops. Shouting "Stop, stop", they chased Coburn around a corner and he ran into a real NYPD officer, who dropped him with one blow from his nightstick. Coburn had to seek medical treatment, which postponed the filming for a time.
- GoofsEvery 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.
- Quotes
V.I. Kydor Kropotkin: Logic is on our side: this isn't a case of a world struggle between two divergent ideologies, of different economic systems. Every day your country becomes more socialistic, my country becomes more capitalistic. Pretty soon we will meet in the middle and join hands. No, my dear doctor; you're going to defect because you want to live.
- Crazy creditsFilm disclaimer: 'This film has not been made with the consent or cooperation of the Federal Board of Regulations (F.B.R.) or the Central Enquires Agency (C.E.A.). Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental, and so forth and so on.
- Alternate versionsDue to a copyright dispute, all recent video and laserdisc releases omit a sequence featuring songs by Barry McGuire on the soundtrack.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Review: International Films (1968)
- SoundtracksInner Manipulations
Composed by Barry McGuire and Paul Potash
Sung by Barry McGuire
(A Dunhill Records Artist)
case, it isn't paranoia, everyone really IS out to get you! This is
James Coburn's best performance in my opinion, as a psychiatrist
who has been conscripted to become the President's analyst, and
when he decides to quit, discovers just how disposal American
citizens are. This is my pick for THE paranoia movie of the 1960s.
That this movie came out in 1967 is incredible; it deals with
assassination carried out casually by the FBI, the CIA, the violence
that has been absorbed as wholesome by America, the escape
from violence into sex and drugs, and much, much more, all
during the time of the Vietnam War and zero tolerance for differing
views. The speech by the black FBI agent in the beginning on
how he discovered racism is especially painful, and remarkable
given the time period.
The movie is hysterically funny, cynical, black, and most ironically,
hopeful, and a must-see for any film lover. The script is terrific, but
the direction stands out in the inspired camerawork. This
obviously was a labor of love by the director/writer, and
interestingly, one of only two or three non-t.v. films he ever directed.
If you see it, you may be bored by today's sex and gore standards.
But if you remember the 60s, keep them in mind when you see
this film. You'll wonder how it ever got made.
Ten out of ten stars, because there isn't anything I can find wrong
with this film; it's brilliant in every aspect.
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- $2,000,000 (estimated)