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64% Critic Match
High Anxiety
“Danger, intrigue, romance...and a touch of kinkiness!”
6.4 / 10• 1977• 1h 34m•PG• English
ComedyMysteryThrillerCrime
Storyline
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 & Crew
Mel Brooks
Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mel Brooks's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. High Anxiety is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
