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Doctor Detroit

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.

1983 |1h 29m |  Comedy

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Cast

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Dan Aykroyd

Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

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Howard Hesseman

Smooth Walker

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Donna Dixon

Monica McNeil

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Lydia Lei

Jasmine Wu

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T.K. Carter

Diavolo Washington

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Lynn Whitfield

Thelma Cleland

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Fran Drescher

Karen Blittstein

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Kate Murtagh

Mom

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Nan Martin

Margaret Skridlow

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George Furth

Arthur Skridlow

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Peter Elbling

Guptor

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Glenne Headly

Miss Debbylike

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Annabel Armour

Airline Clerk

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Robert Cornthwaite

Professor Blount

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Parley Baer

Judge

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Oliver Clark

Shaky Alcoholic Lawyer

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Ben Kronen

Bailiff

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Lance Kinsey

Street Dude

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Andrew Duggan

Harmon Rousehorn

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James Brown

Bandleader

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Alan Ruck

Student

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Marilyn Corwin

Dancer (uncredited)

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Sue Bowser

Dream Girl

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Spanish, English

Budget

$8,000,000.00

Revenue

$10,375,893.00