High Anxiety

High Anxiety

Danger, intrigue, romance...and a touch of kinkiness!

1977•1h 34m•6.4/10

ComedyMysteryThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(388)

A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.

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Production

Crossbow Productions, 20th Century Fox

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke

Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn

Victoria Brisbane

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

Nurse Charlotte Diesel

Harvey Korman

Harvey Korman

Dr. Charles Montague

Ron Carey

Ron Carey

Brophy

Howard Morris

Howard Morris

Professor Lilloman

Dick Van Patten

Dick Van Patten

Dr. Philip Wentworth

Jack Riley

Jack Riley

The Desk Clerk

Charlie Callas

Charlie Callas

Cocker Spaniel

Ron Clark

Zachary Cartwright III

Rudy De Luca

Rudy De Luca

'Braces' - Killer

Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson

Dennis - Bellboy

Lee Delano

Lee Delano

Norton

Albert Whitlock

Arthur Brisbane

Billy Sands

Billy Sands

Customer

Richard Stahl

Richard Stahl

Dr. Baxter

Robin Menken

Cocktail Waitress

Darrell Zwerling

Darrell Zwerling

Dr. Eckhardt

Murphy Dunne

Murphy Dunne

Piano Player

Al Hopson

Man Who is Shot

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