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51% Critic Match
Doctor Detroit
“He's making the world safe for insanity.”
5.1 / 10• 1983• 1h 29m•R• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dan Aykroyd
Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
Lead
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
KM
Kate Murtagh
Mom
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Pressman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Doctor Detroit is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
