''National Lampoon's The Don's Analyst'' is an American crime comedy

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directed by David Jablin, written by David Hurwitz, and starring

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, and

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. It premiered on Showtime on September 6, 1997. It predated the very similarly-plotted 1999 film '' Analyze This''.

Plot

Don Vito Leoni, the Godfather, is clinically depressed. The world has changed and he hasn't. He'd like to retire, but if he left the "family business" to his two idiot sons, they'd be dead in a minute. So he decides to go legit, which convinces everyone that he must be completely off the deep end. To preserve their cushy lives, his

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conspires to get him some psychotherapy. So his boys kidnap a "paisan" shrink, and order him to "fix" their father.

Cast

as Don Vito Leoni * Rick Aiello as Frankie Leoni *

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as Donnie Leoni * Howard Jerome as Tomaso * Louis Di Bianco as Salvatore * David Calderisi as Anthony * Lou Pitoscia as Tommy The Rope * George Santino as Paul Tondini *

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as Victoria Leoni *

as Dr. Julian Riceputo * Lucy Webb as Dr. Susan Riceputo *

Joe Flaherty Joseph Flaherty (born Joseph O'Flaherty, June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024) was an American actor, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy '' SCTV'' from 1976 to 1984 (on which he also served as a write ...

as Dr. Lowell Royce * David Bolt as Dr. Jack Schweigert *

as Isabella Leoni *

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as Young Vito Leoni *

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as Young Vincent DeMarco * Joseph Bologna as Vincent DeMarco * Peter Blais as Dr. Byron Frohlich * Philip Akin as Dr. Lusting

References

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* * 1997 television films 1997 films 1997 crime comedy films 1997 in American television 1990s American films 1990s English-language films American comedy television films American crime comedy films American crime television films English-language crime comedy films Films about the American Mafia Films about dysfunctional families Films about kidnapping in the United States Films about psychiatry Mafia comedy films National Lampoon films Showtime (TV network) films {{1990s-comedy-film-stub