| Release Date: | Jun 1966 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Drama / Romance |
| Runtime: | 104 min |
| Cast: | Sean Connery (Samson Shillitoe), Joanne Woodward (Rhoda Shillitoe), Jean Seberg (Lydia West) Patrick O'Neal (Dr. Oliver West) Colleen Dewhurst (Dr. Vera Kropotkin) Clive Revill (Dr. Menken) Werner Peters (Dr. Vorbeck) John Fiedler (Daniel K. Papp) Kay Medford (Mrs. Fish) Jackie Coogan (Mr. Fitzgerald) Zohra Lampert (Evelyn Tupperman) Sorrell Booke (Leonard Tupperman) Sue Ane Langdon (Miss Walnicki (as Sue Anne Langdon)) Bibi Osterwald (Mrs. Fitzgerald) Mabel Albertson (Chairwoman) Harry Bellaver (Knocker (uncredited)) Richard S. Castellano (Arnold (uncredited)) Ayllene Gibbons (Clubwoman (uncredited)) Jon Lormer (Dr. Huddleson (uncredited)) Bernie Meyer ((uncredited)) James Millhollin (Rollie Butter (uncredited)) Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Policeman (uncredited)) Renée Taylor ('Streetwalker' (uncredited)) |
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.
