Doctor Detroit

May 6, 1983

1h 29m

★ 5.0

He's making the world safe for insanity.

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Black Rhino Productions

Brillstein Company

Universal Pictures

Doctor Detroit Trailers

Cast

Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

Dan Aykroyd

Smooth Walker

Howard Hesseman

Monica McNeil

Donna Dixon

Jasmine Wu

Lydia Lei

Diavolo Washington

T.K. Carter

Thelma Cleland

Lynn Whitfield

Karen Blittstein

Fran Drescher

Mom

Kate Murtagh

Margaret Skridlow

Nan Martin

Arthur Skridlow

George Furth

Guptor

Peter Elbling

Commodore

John A. Maloney

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