Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Steve Martin | ... | Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr | |
Kathleen Turner | ... | Dolores Benedict | |
David Warner | ... | Dr. Alfred Necessiter | |
Paul Benedict | ... | Butler | |
Richard Brestoff | ... | Dr. Pasteur | |
James Cromwell | ... | Realtor | |
George Furth | ... | Timon | |
Peter Hobbs | ... | Dr. Brandon | |
Earl Boen | ... | Dr. Felix Conrad | |
Bernie Hern | ... | Gun Seller | |
Francis X. McCarthy | ... | Olsen (as Frank McCarthy) | |
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William Traylor | ... | Inspector |
Randi Brooks | ... | Fran | |
Bernard Behrens | ... | James Gladstone | |
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Russell Orozco | ... | Juan |
Recently widowed Doctor Michael Hfuhruhurr, the world's greatest neurosurgeon, injures Dolores Benedict in a car accident. He operates on her and saves her life using a technique of his own invention: cranial screw-top brain entry. As Benedict recovers, Hfuhruhurr falls in love with her and they are soon married. However, Benedict is only interested in Hfuhruhurr's money and Hfuhruhurr still yearns for his previous wife. They travel to Vienna to attend a medical conference where Hfuhruhurr finally divorces Dolores, meets a mysterious Doctor Alfred Necessiter and becomes entangled in a series of murders committed by The Elevator Killer. Written by Bruce Janson <bruce@cs.su.oz.au>
An extremely funny movie, it deserves to be up there with Airplane! and The Naked Gun in the best 'stupid-funny' films of all time.
Steve Martin excels as the surgeon who falls in love with a dis-membered brain, and Kathleen Turner is perfect for the heartless gold-digger wife role she is given.
I am amazed at how many people have never heard of this film, let alone seen it. Go watch it now - I guarantee you'll be quoting it for months.