High Anxiety (1977)
Director
Mel Brooks
Main cast
Mel Brooks; Madeline Kahn; Cloris Leachman; Harvey Korman; Ron Carey
Genres
Comedy
Description
Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, "high anxiety," in order to clear his name.
Mel Brooks
Main cast
Mel Brooks; Madeline Kahn; Cloris Leachman; Harvey Korman; Ron Carey
Genres
Comedy
Description
Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, "high anxiety," in order to clear his name.
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