Doctor Detroit

Doctor Detroit

89 mins | Comedy | May 6, 1983

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.

Doctor Detroit

89 mins | Comedy | May 6, 1983

Doctor Detroit
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.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Universal Pictures, Black Rhino Productions, Brillstein Company
Original title Doctor Detroit
Directors Michael Pressman
Writers Robert Boris, Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Gottlieb

Cast

Dan Aykroyd

as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

Howard Hesseman

as Smooth Walker

Donna Dixon

as Monica McNeil

Lydia Lei

as Jasmine Wu

T.K. Carter

as Diavolo Washington

Lynn Whitfield

as Thelma Cleland

Fran Drescher

as Karen Blittstein

John A. Maloney

as Commodore

William Munchow

as Professor Artel

Ed Meekin

as Professor Durant

Hank Salas

as Johnny

Rudolph Kovar

as Carson

Kate Murtagh

as Mom

Peter Elbling

as Guptor

George Furth

as Arthur Skridlow

Nan Martin

as Margaret Skridlow

Peter Aykroyd

as Mr. Frankman

Glenne Headly

as Miss Debbylike

Annabel Armour

as Airline Clerk

Robert Cornthwaite

as Professor Blount

Thomas O. Erhart Jr.

as Dean Swift

Parley Baer

as Judge

Oliver Clark

as Shaky Alcoholic Lawyer

Ben Kronen

as Bailiff

Lance Kinsey

as Street Dude

Andrew Duggan

as Harmon Rousehorn

Victoria Brown

as Mrs. Fulsom

Blackie Dammett

as Eddie Four Eyes

James Brown

as Bandleader

Alan Ruck

as Student

Jennifer Doyle

as Dancer (uncredited)