I did not know there was a movie like that. This guy did have a serious drinking problem. But it seemed like they used the mental hospital to contain him. They eventually fell for a woman who would not go out wit him until he quit drinking. Conveniently, the woman was the daughter of a ‘family” friend.
The guy sobered up and got the girl. Bribed? He was a brilliant person. Super high IQ, seriously funny, nicest kid in the family. I wish I had not dismissed so much of what he said.