Fine Madness

Genius, poet and carpet cleaner Samson Shillitoe (Sean Connery) has writer's block - and he can't bluster, clobber or curse it away. But just watch him take Manhattan by storm trying in this whirlwind comedy! It's a certifiable case of a Fine Madness, as nonconformist Samson and his beleaguered wife plunge into a series of daffy disasters from which he still comes up smiling. That is, until he dallies with the lovely wife of a scheming psychiatrist, who seeks revenge by prescribing "brain surgery." Shillitoe will need the might of Samson to face down his foes, but with Connery's full-tilt charisma and Irvin Kershner's buoyant direction, it's flinty, funny entertainment.