High Anxiety
dir. Mel Brooks
64
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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.
Critics consensus
Uneven but hilarious when it hits, this spoof of Hitchcock movies is a minor classic in the Mel Brooks canon.
Directed byMel Brooks
StarringMel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris
Written byBarry Levinson, Rudy De Luca, Mel Brooks
CinematographyPaul Lohmann
EditingJohn C. Howard
MusicJohn Morris
High Anxiety
1977 · PG · 1h 34m
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Our Verdict
64
Critics Consensus
Uneven but hilarious when it hits, this spoof of Hitchcock movies is a minor classic in the Mel Brooks canon.
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