High Anxiety (1977)

Directed by

Mel Brooks

Genre

parody film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 407 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A neurotic psychiatrist becomes the new director of a strange institute where patients are terrorized. He uncovers a murder plot and tries to clear his name while coping with his own extreme anxiety.

satiricalslapstickabsurdlightheartedcampyswiftsillyplayful

What happens

High Anxiety is a 1977 American satirical comedy mystery film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who also plays the lead. This is Brooks' first film as a producer and first speaking lead role (his first lead role was in Silent Movie). Veteran Brooks ensemble members Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman are also featured. It is a parody of psychoanalysis and Alfred Hitchcock films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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