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


High Anxiety Poster

MPAA Rating:
PG

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: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

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
 
 

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Special Effects Department:

Pacific Titles & Optical
 
 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$4,015,000
Revenue:
$31,063,038

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