High Anxiety (1977)
6.6/10
94 min
1977
en
Action
Comedy
Mystery
Thriller
Synopsis
Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, "high anxiety," in order to clear his name. A homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock; contains many parodies of famous Hitchcock scenes from THE BIRDS, PSYCHO, and VERTIGO.—Scott Renshaw
Cast
Mel Brooks as Richard H. Thorndyke Cloris Leachman as Nurse Diesel Barry Levinson as Bellboy Robert Ridgely as Flasher
