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Doctor Detroit (1983)

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Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Dan Aykroyd stars in this comedy about a nerdy professor masquerading as a mobster. Professor Clifford Skridlow teaches a course called "Chivalry in Literature" at a Midwestern college. When he is... Dan Aykroyd stars in this comedy about a nerdy professor masquerading as a mobster. Professor Clifford Skridlow teaches a course called "Chivalry in Literature" at a Midwestern college. When he is asked to come to the rescue of four call girls who are being threatened by Chicago's most ruthless mob boss, Skridlow decides to practice what he teaches. Disguised as high-rolling gangster "Dr. Detroit," the shy academic is introduced to a world of wicked pleasures. [More]

Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, T.K. Carter

Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, T.K. Carter, Fran Drescher, Lydia Lei, Lynn Whitfield, Kate Murtaugh, George Furth, Nan Martin, Andrew Duggan, Glenne Headly, Robert Cornthwaite, Parley Baer, John A. Moloney, William Munchow, Edward Meekin, Hank Salas, Rudolf Kovar, Peter Aykroyd

Director: Michael Pressman, King Baggot

Director: Michael Pressman
Producer: Robert K. Weiss
Screenwriter: Carl Gottlieb, Robert Boris, Bruce Jay Friedman
Director: King Baggot
Composer: Lalo Schifrin

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