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Doctor Detroit (1983)

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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

R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Michael Pressman

Written By: Carl Gottlieb, Robert Boris, Bruce Jay Friedman

In Theaters: May 6, 1983 Wide

On DVD: Sep 13, 2005

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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.

September 24, 2005 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

A sassy comic tale about transformation.

August 19, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Hilarious!

December 15, 2007

Leo L

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For a short period of time in the early 1980s someone gave Dan aykroyd free reign to mass produce silly and idiotic comedies like this. Kind of like how Adam Sandler has it now only less funny. One good thing did come of this film. Aykroyd met his future wife Donna Dixon which STILL BOGGLES MY MIND. And oh yeah, this

June 25, 2011