# Some Kind of a Nut > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Some_Kind_of_a_Nut > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Some_Kind_of_a_Nut.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Kind_of_a_Nut > Source revision: 1355736808 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1969 film by Garson Kanin This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Some Kind of a Nut" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Some Kind of a Nut Theatrical release poster by Jack Davis Directed by Garson Kanin Screenplay by Garson Kanin Produced by Walter Mirisch Starring Dick Van Dyke Angie Dickinson Rosemary Forsyth Zohra Lampert Elliott Reid Dennis King Cinematography Enrique Bravo Burnett Guffey Gerald Hirschfeld Edited by Richard W. Farrell Music by Johnny Mandel Production companies DFI The Mirisch Production Company Distributed by United Artists Release date October 1, 1969 (1969-10-01) (New York City) Running time 90 minutes Country United States Language English ***Some Kind of a Nut*** is a 1969 American [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) written and directed by [Garson Kanin](/source/Garson_Kanin) and starring [Dick Van Dyke](/source/Dick_Van_Dyke), [Angie Dickinson](/source/Angie_Dickinson) and [Rosemary Forsyth](/source/Rosemary_Forsyth). This was the final film of [Dennis King](/source/Dennis_King_(actor)). ## Plot Fred Amidon is a [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan) bank teller whose wife Rachel is divorcing him. Fred already has a new fiancée, bank colleague Pamela Anders,[1] 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 - [Dick Van Dyke](/source/Dick_Van_Dyke) as Fred Amidon - [Angie Dickinson](/source/Angie_Dickinson) as Rachel Amidon - [Rosemary Forsyth](/source/Rosemary_Forsyth) as Pamela Anders - [Zohra Lampert](/source/Zohra_Lampert) as Bunny Erickson - [Elliott Reid](/source/Elliott_Reid) as Gardner Anders - Steve Roland as Baxter Anders - [Dennis King](/source/Dennis_King_(actor)) as Otis Havemeyer - [Pippa Scott](/source/Pippa_Scott) as Dr. Sara - [Heywood Hale Broun](/source/Heywood_Hale_Broun) as Himself - [Peter Brocco](/source/Peter_Brocco) as Mr. Suzumi - Benny Baker as Cab Driver - Harry Davis as Dr. Phillip D. Ball - [Roy Roberts](/source/Roy_Roberts) as 1st Vice President - [Jonathan Hole](/source/Jonathan_Hole) as 2nd Vice President - [Robert Ito](/source/Robert_Ito) as George Toyota - Danny Crystal as Dr. Abrams - [Lucy Saroyan](/source/Lucy_Saroyan) as Samantha - [David Doyle](/source/David_Doyle) as Larry, Bank Teller - [Carole Shelley](/source/Carole_Shelley) as Rita, Bank Teller - [Jennifer O'Neill](/source/Jennifer_O'Neill) as the beauty (uncredited) - [Howard Hesseman](/source/Howard_Hesseman) as bartender (uncredited) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Canby, Vincent (October 2, 1969). ["Film: 'Some Kind of a Nut':Garson Kanin Comedy of Man and Beard"](https://www.nytimes.com/1969/10/02/archives/film-some-kind-of-a-nutgarson-kanin-comedy-of-man-and-beard.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved June 15, 2025. ## External links - [*Some Kind of a Nut*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065010/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Some Kind of a Nut* at AllMovie](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/some-kind-of-a-nut-am68228) - [*Some Kind of a Nut*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/20669) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)* - [*Some Kind of a Nut*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17321/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) v t e Works by Garson Kanin Films directed A Man to Remember (1938) Next Time I Marry (1938) The Great Man Votes (1939) Bachelor Mother (1939) They Knew What They Wanted (1940) My Favorite Wife (1940) Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) The True Glory (1945) Some Kind of a Nut (1968) Where It's At (1969) Films written The More the Merrier (1942) From This Day Forward (1946) A Double Life (1947) Adam's Rib (1949) Born Yesterday (1950) Pat and Mike (1952) The Marrying Kind (1952) It Should Happen to You (1954) The Girl Can't Help It (1956) High Time (1960) The Rat Race (1960) Some Kind of a Nut (1968) Where It's At (1969) Plays written Born Yesterday (1946) The Rat Race (1949) The Live Wire (1950) Do Re Mi (1960-62) Novels Moviola (1979) Smash (1980) TV written Born Yesterday (1956) Mr. Broadway (1964) Hardhat and Legs (1980) This film article about a 1960s comedy film is a stub. 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