Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

Apr 3, 1966

1h 37m

★ 6.2

Can one charming madman save the only thing in the real world that's lived up to his best fantasies?

Overview

Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leonie, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in a lunatic asylum.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Quintra

British Lion Films

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment Trailers

Cast

Morgan Delt

David Warner

Leonie Delt

Vanessa Redgrave

Charles Napier

Robert Stephens

Mrs. Delt

Irene Handl

Policeman

Bernard Bresslaw

Wally

Arthur Mullard

Mr Henderson

Newton Blick

Mrs Henderson

Nan Munro

Geoffrey

Peter Collingwood

Counsel

Graham Crowden

Tipstaff

John Garrie

Judge

John Rae

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