High Anxiety

IMDb link: 0076141
IMDb rating: 6.6 (25,730 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Mystery
Director: Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman
Cast: Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman and others

Release date: 25 Dec 1977
Release year: 1977
Runtime: 94 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: 1970s, newspaper, framed for murder, los angeles california, photograph, elevator, slapstick comedy, parody comedy, surreal comedy, absurd comedy

Plot:

Eminent psychiatrist Dr Richard Thorndyke has been appointed to lead the prestigious Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. Upon his arrival, however, he discovers that unusual happenings are afoot: his predecessor died under mysterious circumstances, some of the staff are acting strangely and some of the patients should not be there. The closer he gets to the truth, the more his life is threatened.

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