Dan Aykroyd
Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
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Doctor Detroit is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Michael Pressman with writing by Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Gottlieb, and Robert Boris. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, and Donna Dixon, with a special appearance by James Brown.
- $8 million
- Robert K. Weiss
- May 6, 1983
May 6, 1983 · Doctor Detroit: Directed by Michael Pressman. With Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Lydia Lei. A pimp on the run trusts his sex workers to a meek professor of literature, who accepts the challenge.
- Michael Pressman
- 48
- 2 min
Doctor Detroit. A nerdy college professor gets talked into posing as a flamboyant pimp - and discovers a whole new side to his personality! Hookers, mobsters, outrageous gags and the title song performed by Devo. 1,052 IMDb 5.2 1 h 30 min 1983.
Doctor Detroit. A pimp (Howard Hesseman) on the run trusts his call girls to a meek professor of literature (Dan Aykroyd), who accepts the challenge.
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- Michael Pressman
- R
- Dan Aykroyd
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. Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes. Cast. Dan Aykroyd. Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit. Howard Hesseman.
- (51)
- 1983
- R
- Michael Pressman
A mild-mannered professor becomes a mobster after a series of events involving a Chicago pimp and a mobster. Roger Ebert praises Dan Aykroyd's performance and the humor of the film, which has some funny moments and a no-holds-barred ending.
