Doctor Detroit (1983)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Michael Pressman

Writers:

Bruce Jay Friedman (story)
Carl Gottlieb (writer) ...

Release Date:

25 November 1983 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

He's making the world safe for insanity.

Plot:

A timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets.

Plot Keywords:

Pimp | College Professor | Beautiful Woman | Box Office Flop | Dual Identity

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
John A. Maloney	...	Commodore
Pershing P. Anderson	...	Stretch
William Munchow	...	Professor Artel
Ed Meekin	...	Professor Durant (as Edward Meekin)
Hank Salas	...	Johnny
Rudolph Kovar	...	Carson (as Rudolf Kovar)
Kate Murtagh	...	Mom
Peter Elbling	...	Guptor

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Argentina:18 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Black Rhino Productions

Trivia:

The end of the movie promises "Doctor Detroit II, the Wrath of Mom" which was in the works. In fact, Dan Aykroyd was writing the script. But when this movie became a box office dud the studio pulled the plug.

Quotes:

Clifford Skridlow: [waking from a nightmare where his mother becomes a prostitute] NO! I will NOT sell my mother!
Margaret Skridlow: [walking in on him] Of course, not dear. But it's a sweet thought.

Movie Connections:

References The Blues Brothers (1980)

Soundtrack:

Get Up Offa That Thing / Doctor Detroit

I'm annoyed!

There's something i really, really, REALLY hate about this movie... and that is that it's the ONLY one! (Insert bad words here.) Unfortunately, it's the ONLY Doctor Detroit movie there is. Although, at the very end, there was a teaser of a coming sequel, but sadly, it was only a gag spoofing Star Trek 2.

This is a movie where Aykroyd has a good time running around hamming it up to the max and does it so well. With an excellent supporting cast that enables the story to happen. The character of the baddie, Mom, was a real hoot and a half and twice as inane.

Well done silliness with some catchy tunes.

"DocTOR... Ooo ooo... DocTOR... Dee-TROIT! DocTOR... Ooo ooo... DocTOR... Dee-TROIT!"

Actually worth watching? If you're in the mood for some laughs, definitely. There's some choice absurdity here.

One dead hoof up from me for being such a ridiculous movie. But one dead hoof down for the fact that Doctor Detroit never, ever appeared again in a movie. The character of the not-so-good Doctor was such a gas, another couple of movies with the Doc would have been well appreciated. Oh well, at least we have at least this one movie.

"DocTOR... Ooo ooo... DocTOR... Dee-TROIT! DocTOR... Ooo ooo... DocTOR... Dee-TROIT!"