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The President's Analyst
“Only two people on earth want Sidney Schaefer alive. Sidney Schaefer. And the President of the United States.”
5.8 / 10• 1967• 1h 43m•NR• English
ComedyScience FictionThriller
Storyline
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. 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.
Cast & Crew
James Coburn
Dr. Sidney Schaefer
Lead
Godfrey Cambridge
Don Masters
Severn Darden
Kropotkin
Joan Delaney
Nan Butler
Pat Harrington Jr.
Arlington Hewes
BM
Barry McGuire
Old Wrangler
Jill Banner
Snow White
Eduard Franz
Ethan Allen Cocket
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Theodore J. Flicker's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The President's Analyst is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
