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Thorndyke suffers from " high anxiety ", which is not helped by the fact that the Institute is on the top of an oceanside cliff, though Lillolman offers to help him through it. Later, Thorndyke hears strange noises coming from Diesel's room and he and Brophy go to investigate.
Dec 25, 1977 · With Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman. 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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- Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
- Mel Brooks
- 1977-12-25
High Anxiety provides examples of: Aborted Arc: Nurse Diesel and Montague are both heavily implied if not outright stated to have killed Thorndyke's predecessor, Dr. Ashley, but this aspect of the movie is all but forgotten as soon as Thorndyke meets Victoria and discovers her father's been replaced by an impostor.
Oct 31, 2012 · When he’s framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own anxiety disorder, ‘high anxiety,’ in order to prove his innocence.” What exactly is this high anxiety that afflicts the esteemed psychiatrist? Exactly how it sounds (in one interpretation)—he has a fear of heights.
Thorndyke's own mental health comes into question as he struggles to clear his name in the midst of a crippling bout of a condition known as "high anxiety." Director Mel Brooks
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- Mel Brooks
- PG
- Mel Brooks
Brooks takes on the role of Dr. Richard Thorndyke, a self-important psychiatrist who becomes the target of comedic mishaps as his well-meaning intentions are undermined by his own childhood affliction called "high anxiety."
Lilloman reveals to Montague that Thorndyke has high anxiety, he leaves the office and begins telling everyone about Thorndykes anxiety. Thorndyke is then introduced to Brisbane, who believes he is a dog. Dr. Wentworth (Dick van Patten) and Nurse Diesel are talking, and Wentworth wants to stop mistreating the patients so Diesel gives him ...
