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Doctor Detroit

Doctor Detroit

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Doctor Detroit

"He's making the world safe for insanity."

1983

1h 29m

5.1(77 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Smooth Walker

Donna Dixon

Donna Dixon

Monica McNeil

Lydia Lei

Lydia Lei

Jasmine Wu

T.K. Carter

T.K. Carter

Diavolo Washington

Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Thelma Cleland

Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher

Karen Blittstein

Kate Murtagh

Mom

Nan Martin

Nan Martin

Margaret Skridlow

George Furth

George Furth

Arthur Skridlow

Creative team

Directed by: Michael Pressman
Written by: Robert Boris
Bruce Jay Friedman
Produced by: Robert K. Weiss

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