High Anxiety (1977)
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Danger, intrigue, romance...and a touch of kinkiness!
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.
- Released: 1977-12-25
- Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
- Runtime: 1h 34m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 426 votes
Directed by Mel Brooks.
Top cast
- Mel Brooks as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
- Madeline Kahn as Victoria Brisbane
- Cloris Leachman as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
- Harvey Korman as Dr. Charles Montague
- Ron Carey as Brophy
- Howard Morris as Professor Lilloman
- Dick Van Patten as Dr. Philip Wentworth
- Jack Riley as The Desk Clerk
- Charlie Callas as Cocker Spaniel
- Ron Clark as Zachary Cartwright III
Where to watch High Anxiety
- United States: stream on fuboTV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
- Canada: stream on Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube
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