Comedy · Lebanon · 1983 · 1h 29m

Doctor Detroit

Director

Cast

Dan Aykroyd as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit Howard Hesseman as Smooth Walker Donna Dixon as Monica McNeil Lydia Lei as Jasmine Wu T.K. Carter as Diavolo Washington Lynn Whitfield as Thelma Cleland

Crew

King Baggot — Director of Photography Christopher Greenbury — Editor Lalo Schifrin — Original Music Composer Carl Gottlieb — Writer Robert Boris — Writer Bruce Jay Friedman — Writer

Tagline

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.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

pimp college professor

Key Collaborators

Michael Pressman Director King Baggot Director of Photography Christopher Greenbury Editor Lalo Schifrin Original Music Composer Carl Gottlieb Writer Robert Boris Writer Bruce Jay Friedman Writer Bruce Jay Friedman Story Robert K. Weiss Producer Lawrence G. Paull Production Design Betsy Cox Costume Design

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