A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
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Cast
| 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 |
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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>
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brain | serial killer | female frontal nudity | breasts | prostitute |Taglines:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
3 June 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El doctor erótico See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$3,498,931, 5 June 1983Gross USA:
$10,353,438Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$10,353,438Company Credits
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Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: [in surgery] Check the art line. You're hyperventilating the patient.
Anaestheseologist: No doctor.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Ready the bone wax. Metzenbaum scissors.
Surgery Nurse: Metzenbaum scissors.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: [meowing] Get that cat out of here.
Anaestheseologist: Yes sir.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Ready to close. Remove the Wietlander Retractor.
Surgery Nurse: Pre-closure doctor.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Remove the rating clip, for God's sake!
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(uncredited)
Music by James Weldon Johnson and Rosamond Johnson
Lyrics by Bob Cole
Performed by Steve Martin and Sissy Spacek
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Trivia
Kathleen Turner's character, Dolores Benedict, had the same last name as actor Paul Benedict, who played Dr. Necessiter's butler. See more »Goofs
The third time Dr. Hfuhruhurr climbs out of the elevator (when it's too low instead of too high), he has his satchel. A moment later, when he opens the door to his hotel room, the satchel is gone. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: [in surgery] Check the art line. You're hyperventilating the patient.
Anaestheseologist: No doctor.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Ready the bone wax. Metzenbaum scissors.
Surgery Nurse: Metzenbaum scissors.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: [meowing] Get that cat out of here.
Anaestheseologist: Yes sir.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Ready to close. Remove the Wietlander Retractor.
Surgery Nurse: Pre-closure doctor.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Remove the rating clip, for God's sake!
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Crazy Credits
At the end is shown: Merv Griffin did not turn himself in and is at large. If you have any information as to his whereabouts, call your local theatre manager See more »Alternate Versions
The scene in the hotel where the bellboy goes through puberty in a matter of seconds is removed from the currently available DVD version. See more »Soundtracks
Under the Bamboo Tree(uncredited)
Music by James Weldon Johnson and Rosamond Johnson
Lyrics by Bob Cole
Performed by Steve Martin and Sissy Spacek
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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.