Doctor Detroit (1983)
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40% of critics liked it
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44% of users liked it
(3,979 ratings)
A college professor named Clifford Skridlow (Dan Aykroyd goes undercover as a Chicago pimp disguised by a bushy wig in this comedy from director Michael Pressman. When Smooth Walker (Howard Hesseman gets hunted by his gangster rival, Mom (Kate Murtagh), he foists his bevy of hookers on the… More A college professor named Clifford Skridlow (Dan Aykroyd goes undercover as a Chicago pimp disguised by a bushy wig in this comedy from director Michael Pressman. When Smooth Walker (Howard Hesseman gets hunted by his gangster rival, Mom (Kate Murtagh), he foists his bevy of hookers on the professor. Among the four hookers who are suddenly in his undercover life are Fran Drescher in an early role as an archetypal Jewish princess, and Donna Dixon as another of the high-class call-girls (Dixon and Aykroyd were later married). ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Pressman
- Written By
- Carl Gottlieb, Robert Boris, Bruce Jay Friedman
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- May 6, 1983 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 13, 2005
Critic Reviews
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Rob Vaux, Mania.com
I'll be honest: it plays a lot better when you're twelve.
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
There's no sense of momentum, structure, or escalating comedic craziness; it's is like a feature-length SNL skit, and it's the sort they'd air right before the end credits.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A sassy comic tale about transformation.
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Cast
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Dan Aykroyd
as Clifford Skridlow
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Howard Hesseman
as Smooth Walker
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T.K. Carter
as Diavolo Washington
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Donna Dixon
as Monica McNeil
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Lynn Whitfield
as Thelma Cleland
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Lydia Lei
as Jasmine Wu
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Fran Drescher
as Karen Blittstein
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Kate Murtagh
as Mom
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George Furth
as Arthur Skridlow
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Nan Martin
as Margaret Skridlow
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Andrew Duggan
as Harmon Rousehorn
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James Brown
as Bandleader
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Parley Baer
as Judge
- Lynda Aldon
- Cheryl Carter
- Oliver Clark
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Robert Cornthwaite
as Prof. Blount
- Blackie Dammett
- Ben Frommer
- Michael G. Hagerty
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Glenne Headly
as Miss Debbylike
- Carlton Johnson
- John Kapelos
- Lance Kinsey
- Ben Kronen
- Toni Naples
- Diane Robin
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Hank Salas
as Johnny
- James Spinks
- Robert Swan
- Steven Williams
- Peter Aykroyd
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Phillip Borsos
as Rush Street Dude
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Jim Brown
as Himself
- Sue Bowser
- Derrick Brice
- Peter Elbing
- Vincent J. Isaac
- Thomas O. Erhart Jr.
- Keny Long
- Frank G. Rice
