A timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets.
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Michael Pressman
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit | |
| 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 | |
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John A. Maloney | ... | Commodore |
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Pershing P. Anderson | ... | Stretch |
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William Munchow | ... | Professor Artel |
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Ed Meekin | ... | Professor Durant (as Edward Meekin) |
| Hank Salas | ... | Johnny | |
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Rudolph Kovar | ... | Carson (as Rudolf Kovar) |
| Kate Murtagh | ... | Mom | |
| Peter Elbling | ... | Guptor | |
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Clifford Skridlow teaches at a small Chicago college run by his father. Conned into managing four prostitutes by their pimp, who skips town to escape the mob boss known as Mom, Clifford draws on his course in medieval literature in his quest to save the women from Mom. Written by <rth@ece.arizona.edu>
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Performed by T.K. Carter and Dan Aykroyd
Courtesy of Backstreet Records
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Trivia
At 27:23, a young Alan Ruck (Cameron of Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)) can be spotted as one of the students in Professor Skridlow's class. See more »Goofs
Diavolo refers to Doctor Detroit's lime green pants. They were emerald green, not lime green. See more »Crazy Credits
At the end of the credits, we see "Coming soon: Doctor Detroit II, the Wrath of Mom." See more »Soundtracks
Yo SkridlowPerformed by T.K. Carter and Dan Aykroyd
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 May 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dr. Detroit See more »Filming Locations:
Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$3,295,722, 8 May 1983Gross USA:
$10,375,893Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$10,375,893Company Credits
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As others may have pointed out, this is mostly Dan A. doing his schtick with a couple of characters that he had not entirely fleshed out. But one thing you should see (hear) this movie for is the sound track!
You have Devo, James Brown, and Lalo Schifrin (in probably his only excursion into "soul music"--and what an excursion it is).
Almost 20 years later, I still listen to this album on a regular basis.