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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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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:
$10,100,000Company 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
When Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner) buys the gun, she also buys dum-dum bullets. Dum-dum bullets were also used in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), which starred Turner as the voice of Jessica Rabbit. See more »Goofs
When still "unconscious" Dolores grabs hold of Dr. Hfuhruhurr's belt [with her LEFT hand] and a nurse walks in on them, Dr. Hfuhruhurr covers by incorrectly stating that the grip strength in her RIGHT arm is much better (lifting her left arm), but the left is still useless (lifting her right arm). 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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The Man With Two Brains is definitely one of Martin's best films to date. This film makes you laugh from the git-go, and does not let up until the credits are rolling. Ok...ok...the film is pretty stupid, but it was meant to be that way. Ok...ok...the film had a weak plot...who cares! Martin put on a great comedy act, his best since The Jerk. I've seen this film five times and still laugh every time.