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.
With James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney. When the overworked and stressed-out White House presidential shrink runs away, the CEA and the FBR scramble to retrieve him before he could be abducted by various competing foreign intelligence services.
- (3.5K)
- Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Theodore J. Flicker
- 1967-12-21
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. 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.
- (22)
- James Coburn
- Theodore J. Flicker
- Comedy, Drama
At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid...
- 103 min
"The President's Analyst" fights back against the phone company and its accomplice, J. Edgar Hoover and his Electric G-Men. It is one of the funniest movies of the year, ranking with " The Graduate " and "Bedazzled" in the sharp edge of its satire.
Masters and Kropotkin, old friends from previous clandestine assignments, join forces, rescue Schaefer, and destroy the Telephone Company's headquarters. Returning to Washington, Schaefer resumes his job and marries Nan, who has been cleared on a security level equal to his own.
At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered 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.
