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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. Plot. Fred Amidon is a New York City bank teller whose wife Rachel is divorcing him.
Sep 14, 1970 · An obscure comedy that bombed in movie theaters in 1969, SOME KIND OF A NUT follows the plight of Fred Amidon (Dick Van Dyke), a Manhattan bank teller caught up in a divorce from Rachel (Angie Dickinson) while planning a future with a new fiancée, Pamela (Rosemary Forsyth).
Some Kind of a Nut (1969), written and directed by Garson Kanin, is a comedy about nonconformity, but it's also essentially the story of a beard. (Its working title was The One with the Fuzz.) Dick Van Dyke plays a milquetoast bank teller going through a divorce with his domineering wife of five years (Angie Dickinson).
Garson Kanin. Director, Writer. A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard.
A bank teller loses his job and girlfriend because he refuses to shave off a beard he grew while on vacation.
Some Kind of a Nut. Summaries. In this comedy-satire on conformity, Dick Van Dyke plays a Manhattan bank teller who grows a beard when he develops a rash from a bee sting. He is promptly fired from his job while his co-workers stand behind him. Angie Dickinson plays his wife. Written and directed by Garson Kanin ("Born Yesterday"). — alfiehitchie.
Some Kind of a Nut. A bank teller is stung on the chin by a bee and because he can not shave, grows a beard. When the very conservative bank he works for demands he shave his beard, he rebels and becomes a symbolic hero in the worker struggle against corporate management. 1 h 30 min 1970. PG. Comedy. This video is currently unavailable.
