Doctor Detroit (1983)
Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
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Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 0
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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
May 6, 1983 Wide
Sep 13, 2005
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Dan Aykroyd
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Howard Hesseman
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T.K. Carter
Diavolo Washington -
Donna Dixon
Monica McNeil -
Lynn Whitfield
Thelma Cleland -
Lydia Lei
Jasmine Wu -
Fran Drescher
Karen Blittstein -
Kate Murtagh
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George Furth
Arthur Skridlow -
Nan Martin
Margaret Skridlow -
Andrew Duggan
Harmon Rousehorn -
James Brown
Bandleader -
Parley Baer
Judge -
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Robert Cornthwaite
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Glenne Headly
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Hank Salas
Johnny -
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Phillip Borsos
Rush Street Dude -
Jim Brown
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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (3)
I'll be honest: it plays a lot better when you're twelve.
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.
A sassy comic tale about transformation.
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