High Anxiety

High Anxiety

94 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 25, 1977

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.

High Anxiety

94 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 25, 1977

High Anxiety
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers 20th Century Fox, Crossbow Productions
Original title High Anxiety
Directors Marie Kenney, Mark Johnson, Jonathan Sanger, David Sosna, Mel Brooks
Writers Barry Levinson, Rudy De Luca, Ron Clark, Mel Brooks

Cast

Mel Brooks

as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke

Madeline Kahn

as Victoria Brisbane

Cloris Leachman

as Nurse Charlotte Diesel

Harvey Korman

as Dr. Charles Montague

Ron Carey

as Brophy

Howard Morris

as Professor Lilloman

Dick Van Patten

as Dr. Philip Wentworth

Jack Riley

as The Desk Clerk

Charlie Callas

as Cocker Spaniel

Ron Clark

as Zachary Cartwright III

Rudy De Luca

as 'Braces' - Killer

Barry Levinson

as Dennis - Bellboy

Lee Delano

as Norton

Albert Whitlock

as Arthur Brisbane

Billy Sands

as Customer

Richard Stahl

as Dr. Baxter

Robin Menken

as Cocktail Waitress

Darrell Zwerling

as Dr. Eckhardt

Murphy Dunne

as Piano Player

Al Hopson

as Man Who is Shot

Robert Ridgely

as Flasher

Pearl Shear

as Screaming Woman at Gate

Arnold Soboloff

as Dr. Colburn

Eddie Ryder

as Doctor at Convention

Sandy Helberg

as Airport Attendant

Fred Franklyn

as Man from Cincinnati in Piano Bar

Deborah Dawes

as Stewardess

Bernie Kuby

as Dr. Wilson

Ira Miller

as Psychiatrist with Children

Jimmy Martinez

as Waiter in Piano Bar

Beatrice Colen

as Maid in Hotel

Robert Manuel

as Policeman at Airport

Hunter von Leer

as Policeman at Airport

John Dennis

as Orderly

Frank Campanella

as Bartender

Henry Kaiser

as New Groom in Piano Bar

Bullets Durgom

as Man in Phone Booth

Joe Bellan

as Male Attendant

Mitchell Bock

as Bar Patron

Jay Burton

as Patient

Bryan Englund

as Orderly #2

Anne Macey

as Screaming Woman in Hotel

Alan U. Schwartz

as Psychiatrist

David Armstrong

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Nick Borgani

as Lecture Guest (uncredited)

Charles Cirillo

as Commuter at Airport (uncredited)

Robert Cole

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Paul DeCeglie

as Commuter at Airport (uncredited)

Fred Fisher

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Michael Frost

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Laura Gile

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Allan Graf

as Man Going Through Metal Detector (uncredited)

Bart Greene

as Lecture Guest (uncredited)

Robert Lussier

as Thorndyke's Father in Flashback (uncredited)

Norman Palmer

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Arnold Roberts

as Commuter at Airport (uncredited)

George Simmons

as Commuter at Airport (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

as Lecture Guest (uncredited)

Robert Strong

as Lecture Guest (uncredited)

Victor Toyota

as Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Judith Woodbury

as Club Patron (uncredited)