For After viewing the film, Hitchcock sent Brooks a case containing six PG 1 hr 34 min Dec 25th, 1977 Comedy. Thorndyke and Victoria head back to Los Angeles where they rescue Brophy and see Montague and Diesel taking the real Arthur Brisbane to a tower to kill him.
Use the HTML below. Type of media Film. All of the hits are here, and transfused into a story that is kooky, predictable, but all the while giving some very good belly laughs. Comedy HIGH ANXIETY. Comedy
Mel Brooks, if nothing else, is spectacular at collecting up the clichés, the stereotypes, the conventions, the seriousness, and at the same time the joy and entertainment that comes in the different works he has made fun of over his career (countless westerns with Blazing Saddles, historical epics with History of the World part 1, the sci-fi boom of Star Wars/Trek with Spaceballs, silent films with Silent Movie). Cast includes Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Dick Van Patten, Ron Carey. 18 of 22 people found this review helpful. Throughout the movie, Thorndyke suffers from a neural disorder called "High Anxiety", a mix of acrophobia and vertigo, and tries to overcome the infliction.
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. After she lets him go, he drives home, but the car has been rigged to blast Thorndyke and Brophy travel to San Francisco, where Thorndyke is to speak at a psychiatric convention.
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High Anxiety. Nurse Diesel leaps out from the shadows and attacks Thorndyke with a broom, but falls out the tower window.
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: David Armstrong ... Club Patron (uncredited) Nick Borgani ... Lecture Guest (uncredited) Charles Cirillo ... Commuter at Airport (uncredited) Robert Cole Directed by: Mel Brooks. An homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock; contains many parodies of famous Hitchcock scenes from THE BIRDS, PSYCHO, and VERTIGO. She falls to her death, laughing hysterically and riding the broom. But the other pros in the cast more than made up for this handicap--especially HARVEY KORMAN, CLORIS LEACHMAN, MADELINE KAHN and HOWARD MORRIS. Cast Mel Brooks Madeline Kahn Cloris Leachman Harvey Korman Ron Carey Howard Morris Dick Van Patten Jack Riley Charlie Callas Rudy De Luca Barry Levinson Billy Sands Ron Clark Director
Cut This work was passed uncut. Movie Details Where to Watch. She wants help in removing her father from the institute.
Thorndyke agrees to help after discovering that the patient he met was not the real Arthur Brisbane. Cast .
Director(s) Mel Brooks. Starring: Mel Brooks.
Diesel claims it was the TV, but it was actually a passionate session of Wentworth wants to leave the institute and argues with Diesel. Meanwhile, "Braces" finds Thorndyke at a phone booth calling Victoria, and tries to strangle him; however, Thorndyke is able to kill him with a shard of glass from the phone booth. Acting on Thorndyke's behalf, Victoria contacts Brophy and requests him to enlarge the picture.
Due to Thorndyke's high anxiety he is prevented from climbing the tower's steep stairs and helping Brisbane. To stop Thorndyke, Diesel and Montague hire "Braces", the silver-braced man who organized Dr. Ashley's and Wentworth's murders, to impersonate Thorndyke and shoot a man in the lobby.