Doctor Detroit (1983)

05/06/1983 (LB) • 1h 29m

Comedy

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

Nan Martin

Margaret Skridlow


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$8,000,000.00

Revenue

$10,375,893.00

Keywords

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college professor

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