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High Anxiety

  • 1977
  • PG
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
23K
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High Anxiety (1977)
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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 wil... Read allA 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.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.

  • Director
    • Mel Brooks
  • Writers
    • Mel Brooks
    • Ron Clark
    • Rudy De Luca
  • Stars
    • Mel Brooks
    • Madeline Kahn
    • Cloris Leachman
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    23K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mel Brooks
    • Writers
      • Mel Brooks
      • Ron Clark
      • Rudy De Luca
    • Stars
      • Mel Brooks
      • Madeline Kahn
      • Cloris Leachman
    • 146User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Trailer 2:42
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    Harvey Korman in High Anxiety (1977)
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    Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, and Harvey Korman in High Anxiety (1977)
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    Top cast

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    Mel Brooks
    Mel Brooks
    • Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
    Madeline Kahn
    Madeline Kahn
    • Victoria Brisbane
    Cloris Leachman
    Cloris Leachman
    • Nurse Charlotte Diesel
    Harvey Korman
    Harvey Korman
    • Dr. Charles Montague
    Ron Carey
    Ron Carey
    • Brophy
    Howard Morris
    Howard Morris
    • Professor Lilloman
    Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten
    • Dr. Philip Wentworth
    Jack Riley
    Jack Riley
    • The Desk Clerk
    Charlie Callas
    Charlie Callas
    • Cocker Spaniel
    Ron Clark
    Ron Clark
    • Zachary Cartwright III
    Rudy De Luca
    Rudy De Luca
    • 'Braces' - Killer
    • (as Rudy DeLuca)
    Barry Levinson
    Barry Levinson
    • Dennis - Bellboy
    Lee Delano
    Lee Delano
    • Norton
    Richard Stahl
    Richard Stahl
    • Dr. Baxter - Institute
    Darrell Zwerling
    Darrell Zwerling
    • Dr. Eckhardt - Institute
    Murphy Dunne
    • Piano Player
    Al Hopson
    • Man Who is Shot
    Robert Ridgely
    Robert Ridgely
    • Flasher
    • (as Bob Ridgely)
    • Director
      • Mel Brooks
    • Writers
      • Mel Brooks
      • Ron Clark
      • Rudy De Luca
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      During a special preview screening, Alfred Hitchcock's only criticism of the film to Mel Brooks was that in the shower scene, when the shower curtain is torn off the rail, they used 13 shower curtain rings, whereas in Psycho (1960), they used only 10.
    • Goofs
      Toward the end of The Birds (1963) scene when Dr. Thorndyke is sitting in the gardener's shed being showered by the pigeons above him, one gob of the 'mayonnaise and spinach' mixture inexplicably enters the picture from the left and strikes him on his left shoulder.
    • Quotes

      Nurse Diesel: Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening dedication: This film is dedicated to the Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock
    • Alternate versions
      Extra footage added for network versions.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Green Fog (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      High Anxiety
      (1977)

      (title song)

      Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks

      Original music and lyrics copyright © 1977 Fox Fanfare Music, Inc.

      Sung by Mel Brooks

    User reviews146

    Review
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    Featured review
    7/10
    It's a Worthy Venture--Doesn't Quite Work--But That's Mel Brooks Anyway
    Mel Brooks takes on Hitchcock movies like "Vertigo" and "Spellbound "with a dash of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" thrown in. This is an excuse to get the whole Brooks' gang dealing with mental institutions and mental illness. Of course, it is utter zaniness as Brooks as the hospital director is in a madhouse (no pun intended). The patients have nothing on the doctors when it comes to outrageous behavior. The problem here is that Brooks never knows when to quit. With really well done comedies like "Young Frankenstein" and "The Producers" we see his genius with good scripting and characters filling out the fabric of the film. Here it's almost anything for a joke, including a casual reference to Jack Benny and highly dramatic music in one scene which turns out to be a concert band going by in a bus. These are fun, but some of the stuff isn't and draws attention outward.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Visoka napetost
    • Filming locations
      • Hyatt Regency Hotel - 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California, USA(hotel)
    • Production company
      • Crossbow Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,015,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $31,063,038
    • Gross worldwide
      • $31,063,038
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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