The President's Analyst (1967)

Director:

Theodore J. Flicker

Writer:

Theodore J. Flicker (writer)

Release Date:

21 December 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Cold War | Nightclub | Gong | Sunglasses

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Coburn	...	Dr. Sidney Schaefer
Godfrey Cambridge	...	Don Masters, CEA Agent
Severn Darden	...	V.I. Kydor Kropotkin
Joan Delaney	...	Nan Butler
Pat Harrington Jr.	...	Arlington Hewes, President of TPC (as Pat Harrington)
Barry McGuire	...	Old Wrangler
Jill Banner	...	Snow White
Eduard Franz	...	Ethan Allen Cocket, CEA Director
Walter Burke	...	Henry Lux, FBR Chief
Will Geer	...	Dr. Lee-Evans
William Daniels	...	Wynn Quantrill
Joan Darling	...	Jeff Quantrill
Sheldon Collins	...	Bing Quantrill
Arte Johnson	...	Sullivan, FBR Agent
Martin Horsey	...	1st Puddlian (Canadian Secret Service)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian | Mandarin

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Lincoln Memorial, National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Company:

Panpiper Productions

Trivia:

A not-so secret fact is that the FBR and CEA were originally identified by their real names; apparently pressure was brought to rename them after the film was shot. Thus every line where FBR or CEA is spoken has been redubbed, often very audibly. If you watch actor's lips, they're really saying FBI and CIA.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Nan is moved to a hotel, a camera shadow is visible on the CEA director and Sidney as the director pulls Sidney to the right.

Quotes:

V.I. Kydor Kropotkin: Are you trying to tell me every phone in the country is tapped?
Don Masters, CEA Agent: That's what's in my head.
V.I. Kydor Kropotkin: Don, this is America, not Russia!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Burn After Reading (2008)

Soundtrack:

Joy to the World

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.