Film

Doctor Detroit

1983 · 1h 29m · Comedy

He's making the world safe for insanity.

IMDb

5.2

Rotten Tomatoes

29%

Metacritic

48

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.

Dan Aykroyd

Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

Howard Hesseman

Smooth Walker

Donna Dixon

Monica McNeil

Lydia Lei

Jasmine Wu

T.K. Carter

Diavolo Washington

Lynn Whitfield

Thelma Cleland

Fran Drescher

Karen Blittstein

Kate Murtagh

Mom

Nan Martin

Margaret Skridlow

George Furth

Arthur Skridlow

Peter Elbling

Guptor

John A. Maloney

Commodore

Pershing P. Anderson

Stretch

William Munchow

Professor Artel

Ed Meekin

Professor Durant

Hank Salas

Johnny

• Michael PressmanDirector
• Carl GottliebWriter
• Robert BorisWriter
• Bruce Jay FriedmanStory · Writer
• Robert K. WeissProducer
• Bernie BrillsteinExecutive Producer
• King BaggotDirector of Photography
• Lalo SchifrinOriginal Music Composer
• Christopher GreenburyEditor
• Wallis NicitaCasting

Doctor Detroit (1983) - Official Trailer (HD)

Release date

May 6, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$10,375,893

Genres

Comedy

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