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Doctor Detroit

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Doctor Detroit

He's making the world safe for insanity.

5.0

1h 29m

1983

“He's making the world safe for insanity.”

Synopsis

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.

Director

Michael Pressman

Trailer

Comedy

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Cast & Crew

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

as Smooth Walker

Donna Dixon

Donna Dixon

as Monica McNeil

Lydia Lei

Lydia Lei

as Jasmine Wu

T.K. Carter

T.K. Carter

as Diavolo Washington

Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

as Thelma Cleland

Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher

as Karen Blittstein

Kate Murtagh

Kate Murtagh

as Mom

Nan Martin

Nan Martin

as Margaret Skridlow

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