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Overview

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Director:
Michael Ritchie
Writers:
Ken Kolb (novel)
Steven Kampmann (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 January 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
A comedy of truly loony proportions.
Plot:
The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird... more | add synopsis
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effective conman comedy more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dan Aykroyd ... John W. Burns, Jr.

Walter Matthau ... Donald Becker
Charles Grodin ... George Maitlin
Donna Dixon ... Laura Rollins
Richard Romanus ... Harvey Michaels
Mary Gross ... Vera Maitlin

David Clennon ... Lawrence Baird

Arye Gross ... Perry Kovin
Victoria Jackson ... Robin

Michael DeLorenzo ... Lopez

Mickey Jones ... Watkins
J.E. Freeman ... Unger
David Wohl ... Dr. Smet

Michael Ensign ... Hendricks

Carol Mansell ... Mrs. Blair
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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Trivia:
Cameo: [Chevy Chase]in television commercial while Aykroyd is in limo with Dixon. more
Quotes:
[BURNS has just thrown away Becker's medication]
Donald Becker: I hope this hotel has cable. I can't face terrestrial TV without drugs.
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Referenced in Freak Out (2004) more
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effective conman comedy, 1 April 2001
Author: mcfly-31 from anaheim, ca

Only one comment (as of this writing) on IMDB?? Which is the ultimate example of why this is a very underrated comedy dealing with Aykroyd's escape from a mental facilitly (more like a den for misfits) and masqerading as his hated supervisor/doctor from the nutbarn. He heads to L.A. with his assumed name to sub for an unstable radio shrink (Grodin) and his candid approach garners him city-wide attention. He fast talks his way into a big contract and seems on his way. He gets distracted, though, by knockout Dixon (his real-life wife, how lucky), who is some kind of shrink-producer and also by Matthau's perceptive homeless schemer. He's onto Aykroyd and says he'll keep quiet if Dan splits the cash with him. That's just a little of what's going on in this busy little conman adventure, as at the same time Grodin is getting wise with the real doctor Aykroyd is impersonating. And Grodin's wife is also involved with his lawyer, who is seeing dollar signs in Aykroyd, as well is a kiss-butt producer, and annoyingly assisting Grodin is Clennon, the real doctor who is supposed to be replacing him. There are a lot of great jabs at the psychiatry profession, and the entertainment business, the best being the short but very memorable scene where Aykroyd takes calls on the radio, one of the funniest scenes I've ever watched. Unfortunately, the film ends abruptly and could've used a better knock out blow. But, from beginning to (near) end this provides a lot of solid laughs and it's too bad that the kind of plot it has doesn't permit another trip to the couch.

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