Elliott Baker, born Elliot Joseph Cohen (Dec. 15, 1922-Feb. 9, 2007) was a screenwriter and novelist. He was author of the comic novel A Fine Madness, which was published in 1964 by G.P. Putnam's Sons. He adapted the novel into a 1966 motion picture starring Sean Connery and Joanne Woodward. A Fine Madness tells the story of Samson Shillitoe, a rebellious poet in Greenwich Village, who battles a psychiatrist seeking to curb his mood swings via psychosurgery. Wikipedia
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