High Anxiety (1977) - Danger, intrigue, romance...and a touch of kinkiness!

High Anxiety

Danger, intrigue, romance...and a touch of kinkiness!
( Comedy / Mystery / Thriller )

MPAA Rating:

US Runtime: 94 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 25, 1977 [USA]

Director:	Mel Brooks [Director]

Writers:	Mel Brooks [Writer] Ron Clark [Writer] Rudy De Luca [Writer] Barry Levinson [Writer]

Producer:	Mel Brooks [Producer]

Cinematography:	Paul Lohmann [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	John C. Howard [Editor]

Music Composed by	John Morris [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Peter Wooley [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Patricia Norris [Costume Design]

Production Companys:	20th Century Fox (US) Crossbow Productions (US)

Plot Summary:

A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.

Cast:

Mel Brooks Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke Madeline Kahn Victoria Brisbane Cloris Leachman Nurse Charlotte Diesel Harvey Korman Dr. Charles Montague Ron Carey Brophy Howard Morris Professor Lilloman Dick Van Patten Dr. Philip Wentworth Jack Riley The Desk Clerk Charlie Callas Cocker Spaniel Ron Clark Zachary Cartwright III Rudy De Luca 'Braces' - Killer Barry Levinson Dennis - Bellboy Lee Delano Norton Albert Whitlock Arthur Brisbane Billy Sands Customer Richard Stahl Dr. Baxter Robin Menken Cocktail Waitress Darrell Zwerling Dr. Eckhardt Murphy Dunne Piano Player Al Hopson Man Who is Shot Robert Ridgely Flasher Pearl Shear Screaming Woman at Gate		Arnold Soboloff Dr. Colburn Eddie Ryder Doctor at Convention Sandy Helberg Airport Attendant Fred Franklyn Man from Cincinnati in Piano Bar Deborah Dawes Stewardess Bernie Kuby Dr. Wilson Ira Miller Psychiatrist with Children Jimmy Martinez Waiter in Piano Bar Beatrice Colen Maid in Hotel Robert Manuel Policeman at Airport Hunter von Leer Policeman at Airport John Dennis Orderly Frank Campanella Bartender Henry Kaiser New Groom in Piano Bar Bullets Durgom Man in Phone Booth Joe Bellan Male Attendant Mitchell Bock Bar Patron Jay Burton Patient Bryan Englund Orderly #2 Anne Macey Screaming Woman in Hotel Alan U. Schwartz Psychiatrist

Uncredited Cast:

David Armstrong Club Patron (uncredited) Charles Cirillo Commuter at Airport (uncredited) Robert Cole Club Patron (uncredited) Paul DeCeglie Commuter at Airport (uncredited) Fred Fisher Club Patron (uncredited) Michael Frost Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) Laura Gile Club Patron (uncredited) Allan Graf Man Going Through Metal Detector (uncredited) Bart Greene Lecture Guest (uncredited)		Robert Lussier Thorndyke's Father in Flashback (uncredited) Norman Palmer Club Patron (uncredited) Arnold Roberts Commuter at Airport (uncredited) George Simmons Commuter at Airport (uncredited) Norman Stevans Lecture Guest (uncredited) Robert Strong Lecture Guest (uncredited) Victor Toyota Plane Passenger (uncredited) Judith Woodbury Club Patron (uncredited)

Stunt Crew:

Jerry Brutsche Stunts

Sound Crew:

Raul A. Bruce Boom Operator Gene S. Cantamessa Production Sound Mixer Michael Galloway Sound Recordist William Hartman Sound Effects		Richard Portman Sound Re-Recording Mixer Richard Sperber Sound Effects Dan Wallin Scoring Mixer

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Jack Monroe Special Effects Henry Schoessler Matte Painter		Albert Whitlock Visual Effects

Art Department:

Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack Painter Richard D. Kent Set Decoration Anne MacCauley Set Decoration Bill MacSems Property Master		Benjamin Resella Scenic Artist Edward Richardson Assistant Art Director Hendrik Wynands Construction Coordinator

Directing Crew:

Mark Johnson Second Assistant Director Jonathan Sanger Assistant Director		David Sosna Second Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Marion Ball Jr. Grip Mike Ferra First Assistant Camera Edmond L. Koons Camera Operator		Elliott Marks Still Photographer J. Michael Marlett Gaffer Guy Polzel Key Grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department:

Jered Green Costumer Wally Harton Costumer		Nancy Martinelli Costumer

Other Crew:

Alan Ladd Jr. Presenter		Richard 'Bongo' Mitchell Animal Wrangler

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