James Coburn
Dr. Sidney Schaefer
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The President's Analyst is a 1967 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ted Flicker and starring James Coburn.The film has elements of political satire and science fiction, including themes concerning modern ethics and privacy, specifically the intrusion of the telecommunications alliance, working with the U.S. government, into citizens' private lives.
A satirical film about the stressful job of the White House psychiatrist and the spies who want him. James Coburn stars as Dr. Sidney Schaefer, who runs away and hides with a random family in New York.
- (3.5K)
- Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Theodore J. Flicker
- 1967-12-21
A Cold War satire about a psychologist who becomes the President's confidant and gets involved in a web of espionage and intrigue. James Coburn stars as the analyst, who escapes to Greenwich Village and joins a hippie band, while the FBI and the CIA chase him.
In this lively satire, psychiatrist Sidney Schaefer (James Coburn) is recruited by the U.S. government to serve as the president's own top-secret psychoanalyst. On call at all hours and privy to ...
- (22)
- James Coburn
- Theodore J. Flicker
- Comedy, Drama
Released on the heels of James Coburn's successful pair of James Bond knock-offs, Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967), The President's Analyst (1967) marked a far more challenging spy-related role for its star, although press rumors at the time suggested its plot's genesis was an abandoned premise for a third Flint movie.
- Theodore J. Flicker, Kurt Neumann
- James Coburn
the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government position get to him, and he runs away. Now spies from all over the world are after him, either to get him for their own side or to kill him and prevent someone else from getting him.
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A comedy film about a psychologist who becomes a spy for the president. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and other crew members who worked on this movie.
