Some Kind of a Nut

{{Short description|1969 film by Garson Kanin}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Some Kind of a Nut | image = Skoanpos.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster by [[Jack Davis (cartoonist)|Jack Davis]] | director = [[Garson Kanin]] | producer = [[Walter Mirisch]] | screenplay = [[Garson Kanin]] | starring = [[Dick Van Dyke]] [[Angie Dickinson]] [[Rosemary Forsyth]] [[Zohra Lampert]] [[Elliott Reid]] [[Dennis King (actor)|Dennis King]] | music = [[Johnny Mandel]] | cinematography = Enrique Bravo [[Burnett Guffey]] Gerald Hirschfeld | editing = [[Richard W. Farrell]] | studio = DFI [[Mirisch Company|The Mirisch Production Company]] | distributor = [[United Artists]] | released = {{Film date|1969|10|1|New York City}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Some Kind of a Nut''''' is a 1969 American [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Garson Kanin]] and starring [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Angie Dickinson]] and [[Rosemary Forsyth]].

This was the final film of [[Dennis King (actor)|Dennis King]].

==Plot== Fred Amidon is a [[Manhattan]] bank teller whose wife Rachel is divorcing him. Fred already has a new fiancée, bank colleague Pamela Anders,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=1969-10-02 |title=Film: 'Some Kind of a Nut':Garson Kanin Comedy of Man and Beard |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/10/02/archives/film-some-kind-of-a-nutgarson-kanin-comedy-of-man-and-beard.html |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> with whom he is about to embark on a vacation.

While on a picnic in the park, Fred is stung on the chin by a bee. Because it hurts him to shave, Fred lets a full beard grow. He returns to work from vacation and is surprised when his boss orders him to shave. Pamela doesn't care for the beard, either, but Fred is tired of always conforming to everyone else's desires and demands. He refuses and is fired.

Colleagues come to Fred's defense. The male ones grow beards in support. Co-workers go on strike and carry picket signs outside the bank, soon joined by hippies and jazz musicians with beards. Fred becomes an overnight media sensation.

Rachel likes the new Fred's backbone and fortitude. Pamela does not. She drugs his wine and has her brothers shave him. Fred wakes up with their work half-finished. He flees on foot, wearing half a beard and nothing else but underwear and shoes. Police arrest him and place him in a psychiatric ward. Rachel rescues him, they reconcile and Fred shaves the beard, which he never intended to keep.

==Cast== {{Div col}} * [[Dick Van Dyke]] as Fred Amidon * [[Angie Dickinson]] as Rachel Amidon * [[Rosemary Forsyth]] as Pamela Anders * [[Zohra Lampert]] as Bunny Erickson * [[Elliott Reid]] as Gardner Anders * Steve Roland as Baxter Anders * [[Dennis King (actor)|Dennis King]] as Otis Havemeyer * [[Pippa Scott]] as Dr. Sara * [[Heywood Hale Broun]] as Himself * [[Peter Brocco]] as Mr. Suzumi * Benny Baker as Cab Driver * Harry Davis as Dr. Phillip D. Ball * [[Roy Roberts]] as 1st Vice President * [[Jonathan Hole]] as 2nd Vice President * [[Robert Ito]] as George Toyota * Danny Crystal as Dr. Abrams * [[Lucy Saroyan]] as Samantha * [[David Doyle]] as Larry, Bank Teller * [[Carole Shelley]] as Rita, Bank Teller * [[Jennifer O'Neill]] as the beauty (uncredited) * [[Howard Hesseman]] as bartender (uncredited) {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0065010}} * [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/some-kind-of-a-nut-am68228 ''Some Kind of a Nut'' at AllMovie] * {{AFI film|20669}} * {{TCMDb title|17321|Some Kind of a Nut}}

[[Category:1969 films]] [[Category:1969 comedy films]] [[Category:American comedy films]] [[Category:American satirical films]] [[Category:1969 English-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by Garson Kanin]] [[Category:Films produced by Walter Mirisch]] [[Category:Films scored by Johnny Mandel]] [[Category:Films set in New York City]] [[Category:Films shot in New York City]] [[Category:United Artists films]] [[Category:1969 American films]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Garson Kanin]] [[Category:English-language comedy films]]