Watch The President's Analyst (1967) Free Online

Release Date: 1967

Cast: Joan Delaney, Godfrey Cambridge, Eduard Franz, Jill Banner, Severn Darden, Barry McGuire, Walter Burke, Pat Harrington, Jr., James Coburn

Categories: Movies, Satire, Comedy, Parody, Political Satire, Science Fiction, Political Cinema

The President's Analyst is a 1967 satirical comedy film written and directed by Theodore J. Flicker, starring James Coburn. The widescreen cinematography was by William A. Fraker, and Lalo Schifrin provided the film's musical score. The film has elements of political satire and science fiction, and resembles many of the spy spoofs that proliferated in the mid-60s in the wake of the James Bond phenomenon, including Coburn's Our Man Flint and In Like Flint. The film's themes include privacy concerns, specifically regarding the U.S. Government’s intrusions into the private lives of its... MORE

The President's Analyst is a 1967 satirical comedy film written and directed by Theodore J. Flicker, starring James Coburn. The widescreen cinematography was by William A. Fraker, and Lalo Schifrin provided the film's musical score. The film has elements of political satire and science fiction, and resembles many of the spy spoofs that proliferated in the mid-60s in the wake of the James Bond phenomenon, including Coburn's Our Man Flint and In Like Flint. The film's themes include privacy concerns, specifically regarding the U.S. Government’s intrusions into the private lives of its citizens. Dr. Sidney Schaefer (James Coburn), a psychiatrist, is chosen by the U.S. Government to act as the President’s top-secret personal psychoanalyst, through Don Masters (Godfrey Cambridge), a Central Enquiries Agency (CEA) assassin who vetted Dr. Schaefer while undergoing psychoanalysis. The decision to choose Schaefer is against the advice of Henry Lux, the director of the all-male, under-five-foot-six-inch Federal Bureau of Regulation (FBR). Dr. Schaefer is given a home in affluent Georgetown and assigned a comfortable office connected to the White House by a tunnel. From this location he is to LESS